Hi! As we’re nearing the end of the month, I thought it was time for another technique-based quick pattern, and today’s is based around how to make a pincushion, from a bunch of tiny 1 ...

Hi! It’s class time again, and this week I took Sue Beevers’ “Contemporary Bear Paw Quilt Block” class, on the Creative Spark platform.  This class is marked as an Adventur...

Hi! Today’s post is not really quilting-related at all, but more of a look back in time… A time when good wives stayed home and knitted, and took care of their husbands and childrenR...

Hi! Aside from cutting and piecing fabric into quilts, I love the possibilities that manipulating fabric through folding and then piecing also provides in quiltmaking, and that reminded me this wee...

Hi! It’s time for another class review this week, and I know you’re going to love Timna Tarr’s “Scrappy Snacks: Bite Sized Applique” class on the Creative Spark Class ...

Hi! I’ve recently had some requests for quilt designs with simple pieced blocks, and so I thought it was time for another Online Quilt Magazine Block of the Month Quilt-along! Our ‘Hidd...

Hi! I was thinking back this week to some of the fun sewing things we used to do as kids, and that I did with mine when they were little, and I decided to take a look at how to teach kids to sew an...

Hi! It turns out this is a 5th week for my April blog posts, so I thought I’d share this fun quilting technique with you, by way of an easy pillow pattern, so you can practice this quickly an...

Hi! I hope you had a lovely Easter break, and that you managed to fit in some sewing time too.  I took advantage of a few days off to check out another class from the CreativeSpark platform, and t...

Hi! Let’s talk scrappy quilting today. I know many of you love making scrappy quilts purely for the look of them, and the fun you get putting wildly different fabrics together, but let’...