The other day in the craft room I completely lost track of time, ended up eating dinner at 9pm and while I was happy to be left in the zone all that time it was a bit eye opening that so much time had passed by. I really like is having a clock on the wall…
Double Dipper – A Mini Quilt
I finished her, and just in the nick of time to enter my latest lovely, Double Dipper into the 2015 Spring Blogger’s Quilt festival hosted by Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side. Some of you have seen sneak peeks on Facebook and Instagram recently but now I can show her in all her glory! This mini…
Home Made Ironing Press Board Revisited
I can’t believe it was just over a year ago that I posted about turning my ironing board into a mega pressboard here on the blog. I still love that pressboard, I’ve re-covered it once and would love to make some improvements on it but she’s still totally functional so I haven’t spent any time…
April Block of the Month: Cross-Cut Block
It’s my month to create a block for the Boston Modern Quilt Guild’s block of the month. I’d signed up to try and get myself more involved with the group and actually made it to a meeting this month: yay me! It sounds small but it’s a big change from sewing quietly, by myself from…
Bicycle Leather Bottom Clutch
I did it! I finally got around to making that little clutch I’ve had on my list for months now. And guess what? I love it! Isn’t she just darling? I added a little tab on the side to hook a wristlet strap but haven’t made one yet but I couldn’t wait any longer to…
Chicken Marsala, a Mini Quilt
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…
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…