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Winners
Drum Roll please…… I had a whole plan for announcing the winners for the Blooming Bluebirds PDF pattern contest, but then my sweet hubby got sick. I don’t want you all to have to wait so I am just going to announce the winners here. I will send out emails with the patterns tonight! The [...]
Buttonhole Stitch
Buttonhole Stitch or Blanket Stitch: Isn’t it funny how one stitch is known by several different names? This is an easy one once you get the hang of it. Don’t get frustrated if it doesn’t come easy at first, it will click at some point and you’ll have it forever more. [...]
Time to get crazy again
I’ll be teaching my series of crazy quilt classes one last time before summer comes. If you missed it last time, hurry on down to Countryside Fabrics and sign up now. These classes will be held on Wednesday mornings from 10-12. The series lasts 4 weeks and begins Wednesday, May 15th. You can learn more [...]
Cathedral Window Pincushion
Break Time I’m on a small break and it’s time to make some fun Quilty Stuff. This is a little side project that doesn’t take much time and gives me some fun satisfaction. I ended up making 4 of these little gems. The others need to be stuffed and sewn closed. These would make [...]
Blooming Bluebirds
It is finally finished! My beloved little quilt pattern is finally finished. I have been working on this one for a looooonnnnnnnggggggg time! I wanted it to be just right. There is so much more to pattern designing than just coming up with a cute design. There are pictures and directions, fonts, and so [...]
Quick Go Sew
I have no homework today! I know other things are coming that will soon fill up my time, but until then, I’m going to sew. Hopefully I’ll have something to share with you later. Even if you are busy try to take a few minutes to indulge in your love of sewing. Browse Pinterest, check [...]
Quilting Tip
Today I was sewing along when all of a sudden my needle broke! What do you do when you break a needle? I used to just throw them in the trash can, but if you do that they can sometimes work their way through the bag and end up somewhere you don’t want it. A [...]
Failure and Rag Quilts
My daughter called me the other day and said that she went to Quilty Stuff because she thought her RSS wasn’t working. When she got there she just found that she wasn’t getting any updates because I hadn’t posted anything in over a month! Okay, I admit it. I’ve been working on other things. I [...]
January UFO
by Michelle Sargent It is now time to show you my January UFO. I finished this quilt in January, I just didn’t have it labeled yet. This is my first large FMQing project. I’m pretty psyched at how well it finished. I can definitely tell where I started and how I got better as time went [...]
February UFO
UnFinished Objects: UFOs My goal this year is to get rid of some of the 20+ years of UFOs in my sewing room. It would be fine if they would stay quietly in my sewing room, but the problem with UFOs is that they can get in your head. At least they get into my [...]
Backstitch Tutorial
Fabric Postcard
Label Tutorial
Snowflake Ornament for Christmas
