Happy first day of spring! Look, some bunnies are here to celebrate! I just finished up an auction project that I worked on with my daughter’s fourth grade class. Initially we were thinking of making a large-scale cross-stitched canvas, but there are two bunnies and a guinea pig in this classroom and it just felt …
Here are the strike-offs for my new collection with Kokka, Folk Modern! There are six prints in three colorways, all in the cotton/linen blend. Inspired by American and European folk art, the collection features motifs such as sawtooth flowers, tulips, horses, and fruit trees — all interpreted with simplicity in a bright color palette. I’m …
In a previous post, I mentioned that the fabric used to make the school auction quilt, which is still in progress (finished quilt top here), was dyed by the kids at my children’s school. In order to get almost 400 kids to dye fabric and attempt to make each piece unique, we used a small …
Since I’ve mostly been working on the school auction quilt this week, I thought I’d show you the work in progress (via Instagram photos). So far, I’ve got 44 of 64 blocks made. I’ve also started watching some of the lectures from QuiltCon, which you can find for free over on Craftsy.
Many of you quilters are at QuiltCon, but I am just going to sew all weekend. I’m disappointed about missing out on all the fun, but it’s part of my resolution to get a better balance on my income versus expenses this year. That means only one sewing trip for me; fall market in Houston. …
