*Official Ruby Star Society Pattern Co FREE pattern! Ruby Star Society is giving this free pattern that uses just one Jelly Roll and 3 1/2 Yds backing and 1/2 Yd binding. This quilt finishes at 54″ square, or of course, it’s easy to make it BIGGER! Ruby Star made this quilt using their “speckled” jelly roll, and I wanted to …
Operation Christmas 2019/Quiltsmart Bags
Welcome to this second installment of Operation Christmas 2019. You should have your address book handled by now – addresses either in your contacts list or your hard copy address book are updated. Now it’s time to think about dedicating one evening or afternoon, each week, to Christmas preparation, however, this isn’t just about Christmas, it’s kind of a lifestyle …
Operation Christmas 2019
Welcome to a wonderful, beautiful new year! The 2018 Christmas holidays were wonderful and filled with love, family and friends, and as always, I am so grateful. Also, as always, I was overwhelmed and stressed for time! Don’t we all have that one friend that kicks back and relaxes sometime around November 1st, ready to just enjoy the season because …
T-Shirt Quilt
T-Shirt Quilt? What a wonderful way to showcase (and snuggle) memories! I take about 20 of your t-shirts, stabilize them, cut them up, add some fabric and sew them back together, then quilt the whole thing with a nice Minkie on the back and you have something gorgeous, like this one! This one started with 20 T’s and my customer …
Home Grown
I have been SO excited about Home Grown by Deb Strain for Moda! It’s a beautiful “modern Farmhouse” sort of look. The day it arrived, I made these shopping/tote bags out of the cotton and the linen. The bags were super easy to make, and no, I didn’t use a pattern. I’ve probably made a hundred bags in my life …
Midi Bag
As soon as the Atelier from French General got in, I had to make something! This fabric is just gorgeous! I made a Midi Bag from the QuiltSmart pattern using 3 mini charms and it came out perfect. These bags don’t take much time any more – I’ve made quite a few, mostly Midi and Mondo sizes, and the mini …
Howdy!
I just made the very cute little Cowgirl and Cowboy from the “Howdy” panels created by Stacy Hsu for Moda! I don’t know if it’s because I’ve done quite a few of her doll panels, but this one went really fast. I did learn from the first one I made of hers – the Coral Queen of the Sea (Mermaid) …