This post is a part of the I am Enough quilt along that starts September 28, 2018 and ends February 1, 2019. If this is the first time you are learning about this quilt along then please read this post to find out the intentions behind the quilt along and more details. To view all the posts concerning this quilt along, click here. To view the email archives of this quilt along, click ...
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Coats and Clark Embroidery Panels + My Cacti Embroidery Pillow (a tutorial)
Hello, my darling Readers! Today's post is a sponsored post by Coats and Clark. I'm sure you remember me working with Coats and Clark before when we did the Star Dance Quilt Along back in August. By the way, I'm still quilting almost exclusively with their Quilt+ thread. It's just so thick and luscious. Well, they saw that I also enjoyed embroidery from this post and asked if they could ...
Why I LOVE embroidery – Signature fabrics Embroidery Pillow – ( sewing finish )
Last week I completed my most favorite pillow ever. I'm calling it my favorite because of the most perfect to me fabrics I used and the most time consuming embroidery work I've ever done. I carried the embroidery part around for a month stabbing at it with my needle over and over and over again. Today I wanted to share why I so love embroidery and what it means to ...
Lately in March
Today is a random assortment of things I’ve been working on or doing this month. I'm trying to make these end of the month posts a habit. I like to reflect on what all I achieved or not achieved so that I don't feel time has blown by and nothing has happened. I want to remember. Find all my Lately posts so far right here. March has been a very difficult month for me personally and ...
5 methods of Hand Work that will Soothe Your Soul
I feel like before my mind realized I needed a slow down, my body already knew. Prior to the end of 2016, I had already dabbled here and there in 'slowing down'. I had just not given it a name or thought very much of it. I learned to do some needle work because of a project in particular. I learned to crochet because I had an aging grandmother and it was HER favorite pastime and I didn't ...
Monday is all about fabric – #47 – Liberty Society + a bit about the Modern Sewcialites BOM and my word of the year
Let’s sip tea and get comfy Hey fabric lovers! I'm drinking cinnamon tea this morning, the same as every morning. Saturday's mail brought in the newest Liberty Society bundle and it's all about the blues. Let's dig in! Find all Monday posts here. Product Spotlight Sashiko is a beautiful and simple style of Japanese hand embroidery. Sashiko needles by Olympus are ...
Explorations in Dresden Plates – #2 – Sashiko stitches and iron on adhesive ( video tutorial + product review )
Today's post is a part of a series called The Quilt Maker's Toolkit, showing and teaching about the products I use while I make my quilts. There are no products in this series that I do not use and use often, though sometimes my opinions may change as I grow and move along in my journey of quilt making. To view all posts in this series click here. If ...
The Great Corset Challenge – Completed ( quilt reveal )
Hello, lovely quilt loving peeps! I'm talking about the Great Corset Challenge today (see the other applicants here). I mentioned I was participating in this challenge earlier this month here. I really got moving on this quickly, buuuuuut all the hand stitching through me a curve ball, took almost the entire month. I finished the trimming and binding last night. It's all done and she is ...
A wandering quilt – mine, the honey bee quilt
This month I start a journey with a new traveling quilt group called Wandering Quilt. I have done a traveling quilt group before in 2015 and received an incredible quilt that I never posted about. Maybe I should post that soon. Here is a pic of that quilt in case you are interested. That project really tested my skills. Our group had some incredibly talented women and I doubt I measured up, but ...