Patchwork Heart Block Pattern

I’ve been so excited to share this tutorial since I started sketching it out. Hearts are a popular block (I know I missed Valentine’s day by about a month but I couldn’t keep it to myself another year!) and this makes a great filler block with the Moda Spell it With Fabric letters. I’m co-hosting Moda’s 7th…

Bleaching Quilting Cotton Fabric

When I was working on my recent Moda Bakeshop project, Granny Windermere’s Placemats I noticed that the background fabric that I chose was a bit busier than I had anticipated.  While pondering what to do I remembered listening to a podcast where an artist talked about over dying and bleaching fabric to give it a different…

Windermere Granny Square Placemats

I’m now a 2 time Moda Bake Shop baker! Today my latest Moda Bake Shop post, Granny Windermere’s Placemats went up on their site, you can check out the full post over at the Moda Bake Shop. I used the lovely Windermere line by Brenda Riddle Designs for this post and while it’s a bit…

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!…

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…

Valor & Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial day weekend I brought the finally completed quilt of valor to my Grandmother’s cottage for some assistance holding it up for some final quilty photos before I send it off; so here it is in it’s patriotic glory! Isn’t she wonderful? Gosh I just love this quilt. It’s a oversized vintage star block based…