I recently finished a quilt to put on the end of my bed (pictures coming later). It needed some really simple, blue pillows to go with it. I gathered some abandoned pillow forms and spruced them up with a fresh coat of fabric. My sister is the one who showed me how to cover pillows this way. It’s so simple and doesn’t take any zippers or buttons. She often changes out the pillow covers with the season and it makes her living room so fun. I hope you enjoy this quick tutorial!
We’re anticipating the arrival of a new nephew in the next few months, which means…baby quilt. I asked my sister in law to send me some ideas of quilts she liked and it was hard to choose which one to make, but in the end I wanted to go for something really simple but modern….
This year, I wanted to make a jumbo picnic quilt…one that all 5 of my family could sit on at the same time. It was the perfect project to get me through a week when my kids all took turns having the flu and we were stuck inside for 8 days straight. I was inspired…
This quilt was inspired by the first picture in this post from Amy Smart’s blog Diary of a Quilter. It caught my eye partly because I loved the quilt and wanted to make one, but also because the quilter in this picture lived across the street from me when I was a little girl. Her daughter…
Obviously, I love making quilts – but this one was so much fun to work on and I loved making it. It came together quickly, I love the colors and it makes me happy. And who wouldn’t want an American Flag Quilt in July, right! Perfect quilt to watch the fireworks on. It’s already been sent…
This year for gifts to my kids’ teachers, I decided to make a Mini Freight Train Quilt. I was so tickled with how it turned out. It’d also be super fun to gift the quilt with the book Freight Train, which is where the design came from. I’ve also been working on my machine binding skills. Typically,…
When I designed the Sunburst Quilt, it was the most complicated one I’d done to date. And looking back at these old pictures, I love the block (and kinda forgot about it). It makes me want to make another one but maybe with the rows of stars offset from each other. We’ll see…but for now,…
Remember when it used to be all snowy and cold? Hooray for May! It’s been beautiful weather and I’m drinking it in. But back when it was cold, I was in Chicago for my brothers wedding! It was so fun to be there, and I’m so happy for both of them (don’t they look dangerously…
Did you know that in addition to the patterns in my shop, you can download free quilt patterns right here on my blog? Well you can. For the next little while, I’ll be featuring some of these quilts that have appeared on other quilting blogs, but not yet on my own. The first is my Applesauce…
I recently made another version of my Fishing Line pattern. This one is so simple, but is one of my favorites. It’s always great to have a good boy quilt pattern up your sleeve. For the quilting on this one, I did one of the decorative stitches on my machine. I’ve tried doing free motion…
This is one of my favorite modern quilt designs – just half square triangles sewn together at random. And I really mean, at random. I didn’t worry about whether or not the slant of the seam was going one way or another – it’s the randomness that gives it so much character! To make this…
I’m excited to introduce you to my new pattern Confetti! I finished this up when winter was having it’s last hurrah, and then we got a week of warm weather! It was so great, and the colors remind me of Easter. This quilt is simple to make put together. The finished quilt measures 36″x 36″…
When I first started quilting, everything I learned was from blogs. I saw “HST” written in a lot of places. I remember thinking, “What is that? Obviously everyone else knows what that means…because no one writes that out.” Then I finally found out it means “half square triangles” which are these: Learn the basics as…
Ok, before I get to the machine binding tutorial I just had to share this story. For Valentines Day, we all decorate paper bags and line them up in the living room. Then, my husband and I write notes to our kids and put them in the bags, plus a little surprise. This year, my daughter…
Lately, it’s been overcast winter days, hand quilting and listening to The Lord of the Rings for me. Yup, I’m a total fan (not as much as when I was in 7th grade, but I still like it). But when I haven’t been hand quilting, I’ve been working on some new tutorials. I’ve started a…
This beautiful quilt is called the Mount Fuji Quilt and was designed by Michelle Engel Bencsko. I found it on the projects page of Cloud 9 Fabrics, called Make it Sew. There’s a lot of great free patterns on there, and you can download the pdf for the Mount Fuji Quilt here. I used polyester…
My sweetie pie Suzy turned 5 yesterday. I finished up this quilt for her and I’ve been excited to give it to her. I even busted out my not-so-experienced free motion quilting skills. I’m so happy about this quilting, the straight lines with the free motion go so well together…and Suzy “loves the swirls.” Also,…
In our extended family gift exchange for, I drew my a family with one little girl, which I was excited about because I can totally do little girl presents. I got to go all out, and I had so. much. fun. I got her a water baby, I’d had one of them when I was…
This Christmas quilt has a back story…It was a couple days after my birthday in 2014. My kids were all down for quiet time or napping and I had a few precious minutes to quilt. I got out my brand new rotary cutter and a pile of fabric and got to work. I worked a…
The Freight Train Quilt Along is finally here! Below, you can see the tutorials for each Freight Train quilt block and do them at your own pace. I loved making this for my little 3 year old, and even though he wasn’t excited about it on his birthday (a quilt can’t compete with actual cars…
A couple years ago, I made a special quilt for a neighbor who was in a wheelchair. She had a hard time getting her arms through a jacket. Her parents designed a template for me with the exact shape and size of the quilt that would be perfect for her and not get caught in…
So two things…I know the title “Gluten Free, Sugar Free Pumpkin Muffins” is a mouthful. And, I know that I’m posting a recipe on a quilting blog…but could you just forgive me for both? Please? Thanks! My friend asked me for my recipe that I’ve been working on the last month, and I figured this…
This is one of my favorite quilts to make. The design is by Rita Hodge of Red Pepper Quilts. I love this one! Simple. Modern. Sharp. For this crib quilt, I just did half square triangles instead of flying geese and squared them up to 3.5″. This quilt is for sale here: Flying Geese Crib…
So, I’m pretty excited about today’s post. I have been working on this quilting eBook since the spring. After a terribly frustrating time of trying to download and compile all the patterns into the same format for the book…it’s done! I’m so happy about it. This eBook is perfect for beginning to intermediate quilters. It…
I just finished a new quilt pattern over here. This one is called, “Arrows and Tags” because the instructions include two quilts: one with arrows on the end, and one with two points that look like the edge of a cute little tag. It’s a great beginners quilt pattern, or a quick project if you’re…
I was thinking about making a hair bow holder for my girls. Doing their hair is not their favorite thing, and I figured if they got to pick out a bow every day, it might make it a little easier. I love the hair bow holder’s I’ve seen using an old frame, but I’m a person…
I had so much fun reading everyone’s comments on the recent giveaway. It’s great to get to know some of you. The winner of the fabric has been contacted and it’s on it’s way – congrats Gloria! And if you didn’t win, keep checking back, I love giving away one of my patterns with fabric to…
Download the FREE PDF INSTRUCTIONS here: Flying Arrows Quilt Today, I’m showing you a simple design with half square triangles and I’m using the Sundrops line. Please do not copy or redistribute the pattern, but feel free to let others know where they can download it – 1 Layer Cake (you’ll use 18 squares) – 1…