Author Archive | Brooke Sellmann

This week the winner of the giveaway is….Lisa Marie!  Congratulations!  I am emailing you.   Recently, a customer purchased one of these….still love these Alpine Wonderland Advent Calendars! She requested one in the red panel…so here are my fabrics…. I have to admit that once I sewed this up….I really liked it! I just might have […]

One of my favorite things….lots of fun packages….just like Christmas….as my friend said! Additional pieces of Madhuri….was in one package…. I am designing a new custom quilt….mixing Minnie Mouse and purple elephants…. This panel will be the center of the quilt….stay tuned to see where this goes….any suggestions?? Once again it was birthday time at […]

If you remember….I am working on a t-shirt quilt project.  My next step….layout all the t-shirt designs…. I bought this Kona charcoal solid for the sashing and this stripey fabric may be the binding….jury is still out… I decided to start cutting out designs and adhearing interfacing to the back for stiffness…. I like to […]

The winner this week….SIMPLESEW!!  I have emailed you!  Congratulations! I began working with these new prints from Alison Glass…. This is part of my design idea…. I took some time to cut into my Caterpillar fabric for my next quilt….. I found a bit of time to sew with these…. I made another zippered pouch…I […]

Love, love getting fabric in the mail!!  What fun fabrics do you see?? Need some solids and chevrons to coordinate…. A few more pieces…. and a few more… do you see a common theme?? I just HAD to order more zippers too….I think I might get addicted to these….so fun!!Happy Sewing!

Based on recommendations from friends….I placed an order with zipit.  Oh My Goodness!!  The colors and the quality – amazing!!  I would recommend them too! Here is the finished pencil case I worked on when Steph came to visit.  So, so fun! Then with my zipper order in hand, I had to play….I love the […]

This week’s winner….Sandra!!  Congratulations!!  I am emailing you…. Have you seen Winter’s Lane??  Oh my!!  Love getting fabric in the mail…from the Intrepid Thread! I am working with this idea… what do you think?? I selected these prints from Cruiser Blvd for another backpack idea…. Hooray…I actually finished it!!  I love the changes…and of course […]

Love this photo of Steph, Grazina (one of Steph’s grad students) and me.  Since I have moved to Minnesota, each July I get to spend part of a weekend with Steph.  She comes for a retreat….I get to visit!! Steph spends a night at my house….she comes bearing gifts! Oh My Goodness!!  Look at my […]

Do you remember seeing this project??  It was my experiment for the Retro Flower quilt I did…..remember?? I thought I had a picture of the finished block…..but I can’t find it.  I decided to add this coordinating strip around the edge of my Retro Flower block. Oh my goodness!!  Have you ever had a project […]

This week the winner is…. Shawn!!  I have emailed you…congratulations! Remember this photo of Alison Glass and I at Spring Market??  I have been anxiously awaiting….. her next fabric line….this week feathers arrived…. text came along…. with party streamer – oh my goodness!!!  I am so excited to begin working on my project.  This collection […]