You know how sometimes you get an idea in your head and you know you won’t be complete till you do it? Well that was my first mini quilt: Chicken Marsala I created this mini for the 2015 Pantone Quilt Challenge hosted by Anne from Play Crafts and Adrianne from On The Windy Side. The contest is to…
Author: childlikefascination
Me? Being crafty!
I’m so excited to share with y’all that I’m one of the latest guests on Tsoniki Crazy Bull’s Me Being Crafty Podcast! We got in touch back in March and she wanted to chat about the projects I have going on especially QuiltAlong.net as well as my other creative endeavors. If you remember back to my…
Jellied Lone Star at the Moda Bake Shop
I am just so excited to be a featured chef over at the Moda Bake Shop today with my newest quilt: Jellied Lone Star. Inspired by the Hopeful Homemaker’s Lone Star Tutorial. I expanded the concept to include both pre-cut jelly roll strips as well as a no Y-seam method to sew the star together!…
How To Write a Craft Tutorial Blog Post
Last week I listened to a stellar episode of one of my fave podcasts, Smart Passive Income about systematizing and productive workflows. Systematizing is all about breaking down the process into bite-sized, actionable steps. This system can be used to keep a project on track or as a checklist to make sure all the key steps…
Bird Watching, Blog Hopping
Recently I moved from the city to a much more rural area. It wasn’t the glorious city life of TV shows but it’s very different here: not having a grocery store, gas station, or highway closer than a 10-minute walk. That being said I really love having a backyard now and even though it’s full…
Value of Moda Precuts #TBT
I’m not usually one for throwback Thursdays but while I was settling into the new sewing room I had a great idea for a lovely photo I wanted to take. Then I realized that posting it up would be a great way to talk about the value of pre-cuts again. When I first got into…
Podcasts: Creative Background Noise
It used to be bad TV that I kept on in the background when I’m making things but recently I’ve gotten back into podcasts. A podcast is like radio on demand + audio blogging. I listen to things from the news to interviews with blogging professionals or people with successful creative careers. Many are posted…
Wishing Upon Spring Stars – A Finish
This quilt’s name had originally been Queen Terrain but someone (that’s me) was a little absent minded when she named it cause the measurements of the finish are not quite queen size. This quilt (unwashed) finished to 86″ x 86″ so I’ve needed to rename it but nothing sticks quite right so I guess Wishing…
The Move
I will not apologize for not posting much this past week because I don’t feel bad about it. The move over the weekend went well, all things considered. My back is killing me, the pedometer says I did 127 flights of stairs from Thursday – Sunday (that’s just how many I went UP) and mother…
Lil Miss Penny Patch is Finished
Remember that time I joined a quilt along in 2013 with the intention of finishing the quilt before that Christmas? Well a year and month later I can finally say: She done! I gotta say Lil Miss Penny (as I call her) is an absolute disaster. I know I’m my own toughest critic but between…