 I have a quick finish to share with you today! Nancy Zieman's new book - Quick Column Quilts is full of beautiful and useful patterns for any quilter! This table runner is based off of the Quilt to Give pattern in chapter 13 - I've admired this quilt, for a while now, and knew [...]
Hi there! I have been MIA lately getting things together for Market, and Blogger's Quilt Festival, but I am excited to be here to celebrate a new book! Amy Smart just released a great new book, Fabulously Fast Quilts, and I am pleased to say that I learned a couple new tips while exploring the [...]
Most everyone that quilts or sews knows the name Nancy Zieman, and with this book I felt like I really got to know Nancy! Seams Unlikely is a quickly paced read with lots of great insights into Nancy's childhood, and inspirational stories of her career. Nancy wrote this book, just like she talks - at [...]
Hi there! Today my friends at Moda are hosting a fun hop to celebrate books! One of the first quilting books that I learned to quilt from, is The Simple Joys of Quilting by Joan Hanson and Mary Hickey. I even photographed it with one of my earliest quilts, that I made for our Emmalie [...]
Hi there! Last week I had a couple of fun packages from my publisher! Set the Table is a collection of beautiful table runners -- My project is Spring Blooms - like all of the projects in the book, it's a great way to add a pop of color to any tabletop. Also, The Big Book [...]
Hi friends - I had intended to post yesterday, and my day got away from me!  I thought I would share a few new books where you can find my work, along with a bunch of other great designers, in these compilation books. I, of course knew about these compilations, but by the time they arrived [...]
Hi friends! Today all the contributors to Modern Quilts From the Blogging Universe are participating in a Blog Blitz! To learn more visit the blog at shopmartingale.com for details! Jigsaw is the quilt I made for the book, it's pieced in columns or rows, and the small size goes together pretty quickly! We also included [...]
Yesterday was a happy mail day! Over the course of the weekend I had forgotten that I was hoping for these - Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe is now shipping from Martingale, and will be soon from Amazon! The best about this book, is sharing the title with a bunch of amazing quilters many of [...]
Hi friends! I had a fun weekend at Sewing Summit, and will share more soon, but today I have some fun news to share! Â My next book - Modern Basics II will be available early January! This is the cover and a couple of the quilts included -- there's 14 projects in all, and I [...]
Hi friends! This may be old news to some of you, but I have a quilt in Martingale's latest compilation book Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe. There are 19 quilts in this one book, each from a blogger in our own community! See that one on the top left? That's mine! It's called Jigsaw, [...]
Hi all! Welcome to my stop on the tour! If this is your first visit, please feel free to click around and get to know me a bit. I am so honored to be included in the fabulous group of designers in We Love Color - I hope you've been following the tour so far! [...]
A little over a year ago, I was approached about contributing to a book featuring Kona Cottons. I immediately responded with a "yes" and happily submitted ideas and made my quilt. Fast forward, and I have copies of We Love Color in my possession! I spent a few hours yesterday looking through all the quilts, there's so [...]
