Passion for a creative endeavor is an interesting beast. For me personally, I have it bad. Real bad. I think about sewing projects, quilt designs, color combinations, and want-to-make-lists 24/7. In addition, I own and work every day in a business connected to my creative passion. A delicate balance. Once I figure out the secret…
Thank you for all the thoughtful comments left on the Quilt Market Trend Report post. I read every last one and learned a lot. It’s given me more ideas than I know what to do with! Extremely inspiring and that feels great. Thanks for the boost! Here are the list of winners. Look for an…
10 days later I’m finally feeling back on schedule after attending Spring Quilt Market in Salt Lake City. The weather was beautiful and the city welcoming. The day-to-day routine of running a business can be consuming to the point I don’t even realize it’s devoured me until I get away for a few days. I…
Thank you for all the fabulous comments on Aurifil Thread. I’m seriously ready to purchase a thread suitcase for personal use (if I don’t win one, you have till March 10 to enter your guess, Pat Sloan has a great post with pictures of the chest and how to enter your guess). In addition to…
Updated on 8/9/11: Download all nine blocks from the hop on the Aurifil website. Admission: I never really cared what type of thread I used. OK, stop cringing. I’m a color gal and I just never gave it much thought. Ah Ha!: That would be the moment I wound my bobbin with 50 wt Aurifil…
1/25/11 – The auction is now closed. Thank you for the generous bids and congratulations to the winner Bronya!!! Natural disasters and the devastation they wreak always leave me at a loss for words. The sadness goes straight to my heart. The magnitude of destruction caused by flooding in Queensland has reached unprecedented proportions. Toni…
And she drifted off to sleep knowing the quilt was finally complete pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale
The biggest challenge I encountered with these Halloween blocks was the setting. I had 8 blocks and no matter how I put them on the design wall, I didn’t like the result. After a lot of dead-end attempts at different settings, I finally realized one block was dragging the whole thing down: The characters in…
Piecing is complete. I absolutely LOVE the addition of the Kona frames. Onward with the quilting! pink chalk fabrics ~*~ new arrivals ~*~ free patterns ~*~ on sale
I spent Sunday afternoon working on a setting for the Halloween blocks. There’s one big problem with pulling out a UFO which is that it’s most likely a UFO because you didn’t know where to take the project in the first place. That’s why it’s been sitting in a bag for 3 years. The one…
