Hello my quilting friends! Its a hard, crazy time right now and we wanted to let everyone know that we are thinking of you and hoping that you are okay, healthy and that quilting and sewing is given you a place to create, to relax and to take a minute to yourself. Especially for those of you who are taking care of small children, cooped up at home, or those of you at highest risk, it is so important to take some time out for yourself, even if its not a lot and to sew a little. We all know…
Have you guys ever participated in this fun online event? Each year, my friend Amy Ellis organizes this great opportunity for quilters to share and cheer each other on in Instagram. You guys should really come over and check it out, click HERE for more info. This year we are hosting a GIVEAWAY… today… and we are a sponsor of the event too! In between work craziness and the added insanity of what is happening in the world these days [in our county we are in a SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER which means that our whole family is…
Welcome to Week #10 of the MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG! This week is brought to you by the super creative Stacy Iest Hsu. Check out her blog HERE. Stacy designs the loveliest whimsical & creative kid’s collections… or maybe just collections for the kid in all of us. You should check out her work! Here is her block, WINDMILLS, inspired by her Dutch heritage. Go over to her blog to check out her pattern and get all of the directions, etc. CLICK HERE . We chose 2 different reds and 2 different creams for the “tail part…
My friend Cynthia has been working on her Pineapple Quilt and is making a bit of progress each week… I am loving watching this sweet little quilt grow and evolve. We decided that my favorite soft yellow solid would be the perfect sashing for this quit and a great coordinating solid to go with our Catalina collection in general. More info at the end of this post. She used leftover pieces from her charm pack for the posts… choosing all cream prints and green prints. Any lighter prints would work well here I think. The reason I wouldn…
Welcome to Week #9 of the MODA BLOCKHEADS SEW ALONG! This week is brought to you by the beautiful and adventurous, Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique. Check out her blog HERE. Vanessa is one of two Vanessa’s on the MODA team so sometimes my husband Eric refers to her as Vanessa 2.0 :-). She is also the one that he treats like a little sister while we are at Market… in the most annoying ways he can think of. Not sure how many different times something has “disappeared” from her booth and ended up somewhere…
