I recently spent a busy weekend working on some projects with my friend Kimberly Jolly from the Fat Quarter Shop. I joined them to promote this years charity quilt, CROSSROADS, that they have chose to make with my Strawberry Fields Revisited collection. If you haven't joined them yet, you might just want to do that! While I was there we got busy on several other projects and one of them was my favorite notions. I realized once again during that process, that I am not much of a gadget girl. I have a few favorites that I stick…
Well hello everyone! We are now starting to prepare month #3 packages for all of our 2016 Block of the Month programs and so it seemed like a perfect time for some updates here on the blog. For more regular updates, follow me on Instagram as I post there much more often there! I am figtreeandco !! MYSTERY SAMPLER BOM Can I say that I am already in love with this sampler and I don't even know how its going to turn out in the end? … month #1 blocks above. If you are signed up…
If you are interested in seeing how I prepared the fabric and cut out the wool, etc., go and take a look at the Wool Tutorial I HERE. Okay… so your layout is complete, your pieces are glued down and you are ready to stitch. THREAD OR FLOSS CHOICE I use matching thread [or at least in the same color family if matching is not possible] but am starting to get more comfortable with floss and I love the detail it adds. … for this project, I am choosing to work with thread for the leaves because there is a…
Hello Friends! I am so proud and happy to be a part of this project with Kimberly and the entire FQS gang! Working with Kimberly is always a pleasure and working on this particular project has so much additional meaning for me. First, getting to design the quilt itself… inspired by a beautiful vintage sampler that Kimberly uncovered… was a wonderful process for me. Working from vintage quilts as inspiration is my favorite way of designing any project! Watch this fun video about the quilt HERE !! Second, knowing that all of our work is going to benefit…
Hello Everyone- Welcome to my little corner of the blogi-verse and my day on this fun "ALL IN A ROW" adventure of seeing everyone's rows in all of their variety and loveliness. I really hope you are having fun "hopping around" seeing how all these rows can be done differently with different themes and different fabric collections from so many different designers…. all that variety is really the best part of this book! …here is my original row on the top of both quilts… in fact I think almost all…
