Blogger’s Quilt Festival I’m excited to welcome you back to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! Gathering and sharing our work, even from afar, is exciting and inspiring. And I always love seeing new friendships formed through the Festival. If you haven’t participated in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival in the past – Join in! There’s absolutely no [...]
In the month of September for the Heartland Heritage pattern we are making the Willow Tree block! I love that simple patchwork can make such a cute Willow Tree. Willow Tree This is a fun block with room for lots of personalization! With fall on the horizon, I was temped to make this block in [...]
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Heather and I have been working hard on new products for Inspiring Stitches! I'm excited to share a finished quilt and our 2019 pattern -- Sew Hometown. Sew Hometown This quilt is full of whimsy with it's adorable blocks. Can you spot the birdhouse, and butterflies? My favorite blocks always have some pretty pinks in [...]
I made and patterned Tribute for Curated Quilts, in the spring. Yes, I'm a little behind in posting my finished quilts! My Tribute quilt is included in the Minimalistic issue. I think it fits! The artist Tribute is in tribute to is Josef Albers. I've admired his minimalistic style for a long while, and was [...]
Chromatic Cabins is a pattern I designed for Curated Quilts. Our second issue focused on Log Cabin quilts and I had a lot of fun with these over-sized blocks! Color I collected a group of Bella Solids for Chromatic Cabins that is cohesive in that it is all saturated tones. But there are definitely a [...]
Hi there! I'm excited to share a new quilty calendar with you - the 2019 Curated Quilts Wall Calendar! Working on Curated Quilts this last year has been a big, rewarding job. My favorite part is seeing all the beautiful quilts on a daily basis! As we have been collecting images this year, the idea [...]
In the month of August for the Heartland Heritage pattern we are making the Sweet Pea block! The Sweet Pea is a just that! A cute little block that adds a pop of color in your quilt. Sweet Pea I adore this sweet little block, and how quickly it comes together. Making the flying-geese units, [...]
In the month of July for the Heartland Heritage pattern we are making the Sewing Machine block! The Sewing Machine is a favorite, full of whimsy and lots of little pieces. Sewing Machine I can hear you thinking -- Wait...little pieces? Skip! Those are the worst, so fiddly and easily lost in my space. I [...]
Looking for some extra sunshine? Our Sunshine block is the perfect dose of happy in a quilt! I love the simplicity of the Sunshine block from the Heartland Heritage pattern. Sunshine Sunshine is made with half-square triangle units, which is hopefully second nature for you by now! Having three fabrics in the block makes it [...]
Last fall I started talking about a Graduation quilt with Ella, our oldest. She and I looked through Pinterest together so I could get a feel for what she liked. Ella has lots of quilts, but none that she really gave direction for. For Graduation I wanted the quilt to be one that she would [...]
We are in the home stretch of the Comfort Quilt quilt-along and I'm excited to see the quilts come together! Let me know where you are in the process in the comments below. Week seven Check in: I caught up! I sewed 30 large and 60 small blocks over the course of the week. I'm [...]
