hello Monday! happy New Year!! are you ready for this?? did you make any new goals or resolutions?? I would love to hear…. this is how we ended 2015 and began 2016…. with family! our daughter and grandson came home for a visit… I spent as much time as I could getting some Mimi love […]
playhouse teepee finish + winner
hello Friday! Happy New Year!! may 2016 be full of lots of fun adventures… on Monday, I ended the blog post with this photo of the playhouse teepee… so here is my playhouse teepee with all the pole casings and sides sewn together… next was to finish the top and bottom edges with bias tape… […]
mendocino – wip
hello Wednesday! I am sure you have seen Mendocino by Heather Ross…. sometimes it is nice to take a break from holiday sewing… I am thinking about adding some pink and orange prints from Gina Martin’s Bump to Baby and a piece from Carrie Bloomston… what do you think?? I am excited to put this […]
playhouse teepee part 1 + giveaway
hello Monday! so…awhile ago I shared this photo… I finally decided to take a weekend to begin working on this playhouse teepee for Cedar… I am so glad I purchased the paper pattern from Simple Simon and Co…rather than taping a PDF together!! I don’t know if I cut something wrong, but I did have […]
french general + winner
hello Friday! Merry Christmas to one and all! May your holiday be filled with joy and peace… sometimes quilts wait a long time for binding… and this is one of those… I finally decided it was time… plus it would make a wonderful Christmas gift… so I dived in! and here is the finish… oh […]
seasons greetings – WIP
hello Wednesday! and Merry Christmas to all! as the countdown to Christmas is about finished… I couldn’t resist starting another Christmas project… so I pulled this line – Season’s Greetings from Windham… I cut some 2 inch strips… and fussy cut the cardinals… and this is where I am at… any ideas?? I had better […]
a t-shirt quilt + giveaway
hello Monday! today…I am beginning a bit of a series… on how to take an assortment of t-shirts and uniforms and make them into a quilt… so I like to use a quilt as a base for size guidelines… notice…I only have a few t-shirts, so I have them spread out… did you see the […]
origami oasis + winner
hello Friday! only one more week ’til Christmas….is all your shopping done?? oh good, glad to know I am not alone! remember this photo from a couple of weeks ago?? click here to read more… for my pillow cover…I did a fun maze for my quilting… here is one side… and here is the other […]
winterberry + festive forest – wip
hello Wednesday! anyone else still madly sewing Christmas projects?? I have one more Winterberry project up my sleeve… just love the colors in this line! adding some linen seems like the perfect accent! I am also working with some rectangles I already had cut from Festive Forest… and then I plan to add some of […]
a little blueberry park + winner + giveaway
hello Monday! let’s begin by announcing the giveaway day winner! first…thank you all so much for visiting! congratulations to our winner…Patti!! I am emailing you… so…packages from the Intrepid Thread are awesome!! did you see the little game I played on instagram last week?? can you name the fabrics I ordered?? now you should be […]