It feels like both. I’ve been working all week to get patterns uploaded to Payhip. It’s been an ordeal, but I think I’ve done it, correctly, I hope. Yesterday a package arrived from Northcott with fabric for several of the designs that have been in their Look Books. First is Santa’s Tree Farm, see it […]
Blooming Pinwheels
I’ve been working on a new pattern. It came about last winter when we able to download the Quilt Minnesota Shop Hop 2020 fabric jpgs. I putzed around in EQ7 to come up with the block for the Old Creamery. I decided to use that block for a quilt that we could kit up for […]
Correction to Country Roads
Page 4 Third Border step u should be Subcut (2) at 67½”. Hopefully this was such as obvious mistake that it was easy to figure out the correct measurement… Sorry for steering you wrong!
Correction to PVQ-023 Fly Away
June 19, 2020 The measurement in blue in the diagram on page 2, the length should be 55½” instead of 35½”. Step 5j instructions give the correct measurement. ******************************************************************************************** February 11, 2022 The sizes on the cover for the larger quilt are incorrect, it should be 58″ x 74″. Page 3 Step 6 should be: […]
Another new quilter!
Sunday after church we picked up two granddaughters. I knew Elizabeth (9) wanted to make a tablerunner for their uncle’s upcoming wedding. I wasn’t sure what Anna (7) wanted to do. As it turned out, she wanted to make a quilt. Since the only thing she’s sewed before is a mini 10 Minute Tablerunner and […]
Triple Play
Recently Triple Play came home to me. The fabric is one of Island Batik’s Spring/Summer 2020 lines, Cocoa Cabana. Coco Cabana is designed by Kathy Engle, and will be available in stores in November/December of this year. I designed this pattern several years ago, and used Studio 180 Designs Corner Beam® ruler. I’m not a […]
Spinning, or swirling, seam allowances
In many of my patterns I give the tip to swirl the seam allowances. I include a diagram of what it is. Deb Tucker of Studio 180 Designs has started a series of tips on Thursdays on Facebook. Today’s tip is a detailed explanation of spinning the seam allowances. She goes into much greater detail […]
The new “normal”
How do we even define “normal” anymore? I hope everyone reading this is safe and well in this scary time. In some ways, the days aren’t much different for me than before. I still spend most of my day in my sewing room. Only, I have two extra days here. My husband is also off […]
Sewing today
I’m not working at the quilt store now, due to the coronavirus. Customers aren’t coming in, which we had expected. That doesn’t mean I’m just sitting here twiddling my thumbs! I had submitted designs to Northcott last month, and two of them were accepted. One of them was Mountain View. They asked for a variation […]
How to perfectly match fabric designs
I took some pictures when I had to match fabric for a border, and thought I’d add them here, to make things a little clearer. I especially like doing this on a large print. I have pictures of that and I’ll add them as I get time.