I pulled some bright, fun prints from my stash to make a few pillowcases. I used the pattern from School of Sewing which I have used before...

My older son decided he wanted to take on a sewing project this summer, and he chose the Zip It Pillow from School of Sewing . He's do...

Improvisational piecing is a very liberated style of sewing which seems to really appeal to kids; it allows them to sew without a lot of rul...

  This little quilt was inspired by a quilt made by Alidiza which featured a single block ( Preppy the Whale by Elizabeth Hartman ) withi...

At its most basic, a wonky cross block (aka liberated cross or wonky plus sign) is a slice and insert technique.  A square or rectangle is c...

My little neighborhood from the Busy City Quit pattern has gone up pretty quickly.  The wall hanging pattern I am going to share soon uses j...

Well before he was even 18 months old, my first son would point and hoot at every truck or digger he spotted through the window from his car...

Thanks for all your comments.  The randomly selected winner of Empty Bobbin's Advent Activity Calendar pattern is Pamela , and it sounds...

I finished my first bit of Christmas sewing for the year.  Actually, I would have done it in late November like everyone else if it hadn...

I'm very excited to be a part of The Modern Quilt Guild 's 100 Days of Modern Quilting today.  Hop over there to see my thoughts on ...

  I feel really lucky that Laurie Wisbrun gave me the opportunity to work with her new fabrics, and I had tons of fun making the quilt and ...

I knew I wanted to pair the Brrr! Laurie Wisbrun and Robert Kaufman sent me, with some Kona solids.  I pulled Kona red, jade green, aqua, me...

Well, as I promised, here is the baby quilt version of Sailing Weather , my paper boat mini, in a much more saturated color palette.  It ha...