I love ribbons! According to Deanna McCool of SewMcCool.com, ‘Once ribbons were reserved for nobility and given as special gifts. Now – long available to everyone – ribbons are looped, folded, braided, glued, and manuplated into beautiful accessories.’
If I lived in those times I think my ribbon stash would make me a Queen!
Merry Christmas to me! Really, getting the email saying that my quilt was accepted to QuiltCon in February 2015 was like opening the first gift of Christmas. I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to get a better one tomorrow. (I’m Mrs. Claus. I know all the gifts, lol)
A few years I designed these Sea Animal Mittens for my kids. During the non-cold months we play with them like puppets. Okay, during 11 months of the year, lol.
I was selling the pattern for a while, but now I’d like to offer it to my blog readers for free. So excuse the amateur photography. I was just getting started.
It’s a good thing that my kids don’t read my blog, lol! It has been their last week of school before Christmas break and I have spent nearly every day sewing toys. I’ve made two robots, an Anna & Elsa, and a cute fox. Two are from patterns I purchased, and one was a free tutorial. Get ready for the adorableness…
Last weekend I hopped a plane to New York City and met two old roommates from BYU to reconnect and recharge our creative juices. And that we did! One of the highlights of our trip is something that I knew my readers would like to hear about… a tour of the NYC fashion district.
I’m so excited about this new book that I get to review. Virginia Lindsay of Gingercake has given away all her secrets… this is seriously the most practical and beautiful book about running a sewing related business that I’ve ever seen. Sewing to Sell is an instant classic.
I love my wonky quilt that was inspired by the gorgeous iconic quilts made in Gee’s Bend, Alabama. This quilt is seriously improv. I used a ruler and rotary cutter to help me cut straignt, but I didn’t measure anything. I sewed strips together, sewed those chunks together, and then sewed strips all around.
Welcome December! It’s probably my favorite month. So I picked one of my favorite quilt blocks for this month’s Classic Blocks: Fresh Fabric post, the Bear Paw. I decided to make a mini quilt using nine 3” blocks. I picked some lovely blue and orange prints from the Turkish Delight Collection by Josephine Kimberling for Blend Fabrics.
Wanna hear me go blah blah blah? Just kidding. Well, kind of.
Last month at Quilt Market I had lots of fun meeting Stephanie Kendron, the star (emcee? host?) of the Modern Sewciety Podcast.
Are you busy? I can’t hear you right now, but I’m sure you said ‘YES!’ These days everyone I know is so crazy busy with kids (carpooling, volunteering at school, science fair projects, feeding, bathing, keeping the rascals alive), work (commuting too!), and homemaking (dishes, laundry, floors, beds, bathrooms and on and on) that some people say they have no time to sew… GASP!
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