I love Christmas time. I find all the decorations beautiful. I get sentimental seeing the kids get so excited about all the lights and presents. The Christmas carols bring back…
I walked into our local quilt shop last week and my favorite employee walked up to me to ask if I’d seen the cotton gauze they started carrying. I said,…
Every now and then I browse Kate’s sewing blog called See Kate Sew. I think she does adorable work and is super talented. If you click here, you’ll see a…
Well, it’s been pom pom week here on the blog and on Instagram, and I’m here to finish out the week with three simple projects you can make from your handmade…
Posted by: Kelli Yesterday I told you a bit about my love for Instagram. I have no idea how I didn’t find it sooner. I scroll through those bits and…
After I learned how to use my sewing machine, sewing pillow covers was one of the first projects I learned. An envelope cover is so so so simple to make.…
Some days (and I mean just a few days) I get inspired to try to look cute. If I am not going anywhere for the day and you stop by to…
I have fabric scraps coming out my ears, and I don’t like throwing them away. I think I have three tubs of unusable fabric scraps. Unusable as in less than…
Life has quieted down a bit in our household. Here in the Midwest we are having some perfect mild temperatures. I love having the windows open whenever the weather cooperates,…
It is Christmas in August here. My husband and I just finished up a crazy busy week and weekend. It was exciting but quite busy. We lead the orchestra at…
We recently had a friend and her husband celebrate the birth of a new baby girl. These are some very dear friends to our family. Since they live states away…
I am not a good birthday person. I forget about them…all the time. I have learned over the years, though, that it is very important for some people to celebrate…
My husband soon learned this hobby was going to stick around for a while. He started talking about buying me a new sewing machine. I hesitated for a long time; I follow a lot of quilting blogs, and these awesome and creative ladies have machines that cost thousands of dollars. I wasn’t ready to drop that kind of money on a sewing machine.
Over a year ago, I was at Jo Ann’s Fabrics looking to buy a triangle ruler. I loved all the triangle quilts showing up all over Pinterest. As I was…