I just finished up this Busy City baby quilt.  I made it to be a shop sample. With just five bocks, it really is very quick to make.  You ca...

I finally finished the Busy City wall hanging for my younger son.  He is pretty excited to have it in his room. You may have guessed...

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...

Here is the obligatory mosaic of some of my best crafty bits from 2010. I'm actually very pleased I figured out how to make one of these...

There a lot going on around town in this quilt, namely construction but some other things too :). After washing, it ended up being approxima...

Well, I already had six blocks made, from the tutorials. Why not whip up a few more for this cute baby quilt? You can do it easily enough to...

This excavator is the last in this series of improvisationally pieced vehicles. It requires a few more steps than the other vehicles, and i...

The next vehicle in my installments of improv piecing tutorials is the bulldozer. In the next few days I'll share the final tute - a dig...

I heard from several of you whose little boys love tractors, so here's my attempt at piecing one. I'm going to do just a couple more...

Here is a really simple block to make. If these pieced vehicles seem a bit intimidating, you might want to start with this little roadster. ...

Next up in the tutorials for improv pieced vehicles, as found in this quilt , the front end loader. Obviously, these vehicles are very styli...

I've had many questions about how I pieced the vehicles for this quilt . No, I didn't use paper piecing, and no, I didn't use a ...

I started making this quilt, for my son, way back in the fall when I saw this quilt on flickr. I took that inspiration in a new direction fo...

I'm excited to try sewing a fabric basket. I'll let you know what I think of this tutorial soon. I just need a little project to hol...

The top is finished! Now I just need a name for it. This is going to be a real challenge to quilt too - lots of seams. Ideas on how to qu...

Yippee! Just some sashing to do, then I'll be able to assemble the top.

These are numbers 31 and 32 in my pieced vehicles, houses, and trees quilt. Only three more to make!! I clearly need a better name for this ...

Back to work on my tiny vehicles and houses. My deadline for this quilt is fast approaching, and I've had enough of a break from the pro...

That means nine more to go. I don't think I'm going to make it in time for Christmas. Oh well, there is always his birthday :). The ...