Emerge Circle is a charity group I host under the umbrella of do. Good Stitches created by Rachel Hauser of Stitched in Color. Each month a different member of our circle is lead quilter. Lead quilter decides quilt pattern, size, colors, all the details and members of our circle send blocks to the lead quilter. The lead quilter finishes the quilt and gives it to a charity or person of their ...
Monday is All About Fabric – #112 – Garden Views Bundle
Today’s post is part of a series on this blog every Monday. I don’t know about you, but fabric is EVERYTHING! I love buying it, petting it and then gushing with you about it. I’ll show you my latest fabric purchases and where you can buy it too. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. I wanted to thank y'all for the support given to me with ...
Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 5 – Large 4-patch Blocks
This week is a pretty easy week. Fifteen 4-patches. No biggie at all! If you are a bit behind this might be a catch up week as well for you. This of course is one of my favorite steps. I like choosing my low volume fabrics more so than any of the others. If you are doing a scrappy low volume background like me and want pointers, there is this post. This Week's ...
A Guide for the Beginner Quilter + Tips from Experienced Quilters
With the release of my Patchwork + Make class this week I'm on the topic of the beginner quilter. I get quite a bit of questions in my inbox from beginners and it's almost always the same ones, so I thought I'd take a moment today and just answer a few basic questions and then move on to the tips I've been collecting. I won't be teaching anything today, just pointing you into the ...
Evening Walk Quilt Reveal + My New Patchwork + Quilt class for beginners
I feel like I've been talking about this for ages. It's actually been just a bit over six months. Still, that is a long time to be working on the exact same thing. This is my very first online class and it's for the beginner quilter. It was 2008 when I first started quilting and there were some blogs here and there and a few videos, but mostly I learned by just doing, gathering ...
Monday is All About Fabric – #111 – Whispers Low Volume Bundle
Today’s post is part of a series on this blog every Monday. I don’t know about you, but fabric is EVERYTHING! I love buying it, petting it and then gushing with you about it. I’ll show you my latest fabric purchases and where you can buy it too. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. There's a new low volume bundle over at Meander + Make and ...
Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 4 – The Last Five Stars
This week marks the halfway point. How are we already here? It feels like we are moving along so quickly. You've all been so amazing. I'm loving the community on Instagram. Check out our #badgirlqa and get a big dose of all the fun happening. This Week's Sponsor This week Havel's Sewing is giving away a surprise gift. Let me just tell you that Havel's always ...
Monday is All About Fabric – #110 – The Very Bari Bundle
Today’s post is part of a series on this blog every Monday. I don’t know about you, but fabric is EVERYTHING! I love buying it, petting it and then gushing with you about it. I’ll show you my latest fabric purchases and where you can buy it too. To view all previous posts in this series, click here. Bari J is one of my very favorite fabric designers and ...
Bad Girl Quilt Along – Week 3 – Make Five More Stars
Well, I hope you are enjoying yourself. I certainly am. I've also learned a secret that I'm going to share with you (because we all know that I cannot keep secrets). You know that fabric that you have in your stash. You know the ones. The one that you never use because it's so precious and no quilt you work on could ever be worth that special fabric. I've got that fabric too. All ...
Free Quilt Patterns
I get emailed about free quilt patterns very often, so I thought go a bit more into this topic today. I'm planning something similar with beginner quilt pattern, but that's a little later. There are lots of patterns online that you can get free, just do a google search and you'll find yourself an impressive lists of lots and lots of free quilt patterns. Today I'll be pointing to a ...