I've been an ambassador for Michael Miller fabrics since early this year and they have been sending me the yummiest of fabrics to play with, but these lovelies that arrived just a few weeks ago really had me swooning. I don't get to make many things besides quilts, I'm obsessively focused, you see, but I'm always so thrilled when I do take the time to make a little something. They ...
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Christmas in July Quilted Pillows with Piping
I have always wanted to decorate with handmade decorations come Christmastime, but just can never find the time to get anything done in the month of December. So when Susan over at Michael Miller asked if I'd write a Christmas in July post I was all in. Thinking of Christmas in July would be something the opposite of me would do. I only consider Christmas in December. I don't ...
Another Easy Machine Cover – This time for the Juki
Peeps! I am so dying over these machine covers. So many years without one and now I have two of them! One for each of the machines. Absolutely thrilled! Custom Quilt Labels You might remember last week's post with the free pattern for the machine cover, well, I used the same pattern to make this one. I just changed ...
Easy Sewing Machine Cover + Free Pattern
I made myself a machine cover! This is something I've wanted since I first got my machine. So what was that like 11 years ago? Oh, geez. How we let time slide away! Enough of that! Let's dive into all of this, because I've written a pattern and had it tested and voila..... I've got a free PDF pattern for you to make one as well. I'm so excited! Get a ...
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 ...
Sprucing Up – Boho inspired Dresden pillow (sewing finishes)
My niece asked for bows and I started making them. They are no-sew and just need a hot glue gun (I used this tutorial). I liked them so much I made some for myself. Not really to wear, but maybe. Then I got into my crochet lace stash, and after that I made the little flower blooms (tutorial here) and stuck them on brooch pins. I started this project right after this one, so I was coming off ...