Turn your Ironing Board into a Mega Pressboard

Almost two years ago I picked up my current ironing board. I had to buy a new one after a 2:30 AM disaster but that’s a whole other story entirely. I picked the big one at Target cause it felt like it had better padding than the other one and the larger size should accommodate…

Life’s an Adventure is Ready for the Longarm!

I posted about my latest quilt, Life’s an Adventure, last week. The name is new (as of yesterday) but after a trip to my LQS to get the backing fabric I got all me ducks in a row. Now I’m just waiting on a callback from a local quilter. The owner of the LQS was…

Fat Quarter Bundle Quilt pattern in progress

Designing Quilt Patterns for 2014

I’m super excited to announce that I’m in the process of designing and testing patterns for two beautiful large quilts and a baby quilt. One thing I’m not always particularly talented at is mixing fabrics from different lines and the Fat Quarter Shop Blogger’s bundles has helped me fill up my stash with beautifully sets…

Solstice Stars Sampler: the Finished Quilt

Solstice stars was completed just before Thanksgiving both quilting and binding. I machine bound the quilt because I wanted to give machine binding a try and since it was a quilt I was keeping for myself I didn’t feel like I needed to go over the top with perfection. My machine binding needs a lot…

Printed Quilt Label

As a young quilter (young in both quilt years and age I suppose) I’ve more than once finished a quilt and not included a label. I know, amateur stuff. I went to a quilt guild meeting where the presenter embroidered beautiful labels but I have little experience with embroidery so that’s probably not right for…

Price & Value of Moda Precuts

Pricing, Value and Comparisons on Moda Pre-Cut Bundles

If you’re like me there’s something about a charm pack or layer cake in your favorite designer fabrics that has you lusting to get your hands on all those different coordinated prints to make something magnificent. Mind you, I could also have named this post “Buyers remorse when I thought it would be appropriate to…