Skein and Hook

I love fall.  After a long, hot summer, I so look forward to cool fall weather and especially I look forward to decorating my house for fall. This year was the first year that I was really quilting on a regular basis.  As soon as I saw Cluck Cluck Sew's Pumpkins Quilt pattern, I new I had to make it right away.  It is so festive and adorable. I had a blast making it.  I added stars to 3 of the pumpkins because stars on quilts are my favorite.  I think it turned out so awesome. I used this great polka dot backing and I love it so much.  It's Riley Blake Medium Orange Dot, 3/4"- C490-60. I had it quilted by Quilting By David and the pattern is Maple Winds. Next year I think I'll make another and I'm also thinking about carrying kits in my shop for the full quilt and the mini quilt version.  Let me know if you are interested. If you haven't made one of these yet, make it...you'll be so happy you d...

This fall I started working on quilts for each of my children.  I'm going in order of need right now :)  My youngest daughter and my son needed quilts first because during the winter, their bedrooms get cooler than the other bedrooms in the house. My daughter is up first.  I got this Elea Lutz's Little Dolly fabric in from Riley Blake and I thought it was just so adorable, I couldn't resist using it for her quilt. I didn't follow a pattern.  But here is what I did...I knew I wanted to do little squares, so I decided on a 16-patch.  I used a fat quarter bundle and cut 2- 2.5-inch strips from each fabric from the longer side of the FQ.  Then I joined 4 strips together, pressed, and then cut 2.5-inch strips off of that.  Next, I joined 4 of those together to make one 16-patch.  I made 12 16-patches so that my quilt would be 3 16-patches across and 4 16-patches down. I separated the 16-patches with 2.5 inch strips and I separated th...

This past July, I participated in a quilt-a-long hosted on Instagram by  @heritage.threads and @kairleoaks .  We made a Holiday Patchwork Forest Quilt.  The pattern is by Diary of a Quilter .  I used the Cotton + Steel bundle sold by Stitch Supply Co . This was the first time I participated in a quilt-a-long and I really enjoyed it.  I typically don't tend to keep up with "a-longs" of any kinds.  I start with a lot of gusto and fizzle out after a few weeks or days.  But, this pattern by Diary of a Quilter kept my interest.  I think its the improv part of it... it makes it so fun and enjoyable to do each block.  Also, these prints by Cotton+ Steel were so beautiful to work with.  I really, really enjoyed them.  So much so that I'd like to make another one in the future. I love how you make the blocks in pairs. Making this quilt went so fast.  Before I knew it, I had a quilt top! I had this quil...

A few months ago, my husband and I were talking about how we could try to use less paper products in our home.  We do pretty good with using really plates.  But we use an inordinate amount of paper napkins, actually our kids do, not exactly us ;)  But we figured we could improve in that area.  So, since then, we have been on the lookout for high quality cloth napkins that we can us over and over. I started selling Moda Fabrics this past August and I found out that they actually have an area of their brand called Moda Home.  They have really wonderful vintage items.  I ordered a few kinds of their napkins because they looked so pretty, I couldn't resist. This Very Berry one- This Candy Cane Christmas one- And this Santa one- You can buy these here in my Etsy Shop. The other thing I discovered that Moda sells is toweling.  This toweling is amazing!  It is 100% cotton and it is hemmed on both sides.  ...