The most magical time of the year ~

Yes, it's a magical time of the year for the kids and kids at heart.....and also the busiest....but do take  time to watch The Quilt Show video - it's free for us from December 23 - December 26, 2018.  Hurry to see Cheryl Arkison and Catherine Kleeman work magic with their fabric.


The Quilt Show ~  Show No. 19ll co-staring Cheryl and Cathy

Do You BOM?

This quilt-a-long may be for you....Sew Kind of Wonderful's 2019 BOM - visit Sedona.  The Trails version pictured in black and white measures  63" x 68".   The sampler quilt design incorporates both straight pieced blocks and curved pieced blocks.    Mini Quick Curve Ruler required.

Should you decide to take Sedona quilt-a-long challenge, each month you will receive your block pattern along with the "Trails"   row quilt layout. 

or if you choose to work the wonderfully colored Sedona sky, your sampler row quilt will finish at  80" x 103". 

Both layouts are included in the pattern.  **Again, the Mini Quick Curve Ruler is required. 

Get 30% off the cost of the pattern while it's on sale by entering the code  SEDONATHIRTY at checkout.   

Happy Sky and Trails to you ~

Pillow Talk ~

So what's new about pillows?  How about this modern pillow top?  It's simple and elegant and oh, so  sophisticated. 

Followed by the most delightful (comes in many sizes)
modern fans quilt
design....
found at Suzy Quilts. 

 The fabric choice is yours and appears from Suzy's shop samplers,  any and all fabric selections would work beautifully in this modern design. 

Go there, to Suzy Quilts,  take a few minutes to scroll and enjoy all the fun and fresh  pillow variations, then jump into the modern fans quilt. 

Rockin' My World ~

Here's what's rocking my world today.....Renate Hiller's powerful video about thinking and making with our hands.

Life and Sewing Machine Dust Covers.....neither have to be hard ~

Sewing machine dust cover(s)  made so easily ~ Just gather materials and sew along following these instructions from We All Sew.

and as for life.....for starters, just cut loose and have fun.

Ann Walsh Quilting

I found the most delightful and uplifting blog this morning and could not wait one more minute to share with you.  With every post, she offers supportive comments and urges herself and others to do what we love.   Ann Walsh Quilting go see and enjoy.

Ann started quilting only a short three years ago and wow....has she hit the road running.   The more I read of her journey, the more I wanted/needed to read....smiling all the way.    Beginning with her Podcast interview with Leah Day, how she started, her struggles, her self-doubt....her growth as a quilter....how she considers herself  an introvert who quilted herself to exhaustion. 

With the meander stitch as a beginning, Ann learned control, then moved herself into loops and swirls and feathers.  Along the way, she learned that she had to overcome perfection, discovering that she was robbing herself of joy.  She wholeheartedly believes that  practice should make progress - not perfection. 

Don't stop with the Podcast....go to Ann Walsh Quilting and feel my joy in discovering this heartwarming blog. 

Crossette.....free pattern from AGF Legendary Fabric Lookbook

From Pat Bravo's Legendary Collection - Crossette....a free pattern courtesy of Art Gallery Fabrics.

See even more fab-delicious sewing projects in Art Gallery Fabric's Legendary Lookbook ~

Book Review ~

Just one more book to covet ~  And it's a good one:  Kaffe Fassett's Quilts In Italy is just one of over 20 of his publications. 

There's also Quilts in the Sun....in Ireland....in America....in Provence...in Sweden.  But anyway, back to Quilts In Italy where inspiration was found on page 54 for my newest quilt top....a log cabin variation of Kaffe's Stone Log Cabin...pictured below.

While I loved the multiple use of his fabrics and the smaller log cabin strips in the quilt, there was not enough yardage in my Kaffe Fassett fabric stash to duplicate this quilt.

What is a quilter to do?   Well, of course, the obvious -  just be inspired by what you see and get sewing to make your own with what's on hand.

It started out with a 10" by 18" remnant I picked up in the Villa Rosa Designs shop at Houston Quilt Festival.  These little cancan dancers set the tone for the frivolity of the rest of the logs.  There doesn't seem to be any rhyme nor reason for each addition, nor the size thereof, except that I had enough of each additional fabric to get the log cabin surround finished at 80" x 88".

Quilts In Italy...a refreshing view of 20 quilt designs and easy to follow instructions for the novice quilter and beyond.   It gets a thumbs up from this sewing station.