Every year the Modern Quilt Guild hosts a convention for members, designers and enthusiasts to tour a carefully curated (juried) exhibit, visit vendor booths, social hours and have a chance for quilters to be with other quilters from around the world in person. Quilting is a fairly individual and alone craft, yet very social and…

We made it! 5,473 days of January are behind us and we can now feel like we have 2024 into routine and can be ready to tackle the rest of the year! I spent some time reflecting on the quilt world recently. I’ve been around for quite a while. I first started a quilt blog 13 years ago…

The PDF pattern for Sorcha is out now. I’ve shared with you all in the previous post about the why I made this quilt, but now it’s time to share with the quilters out there the details of the pattern! The PDF is complete with written and diagrams to try and make assembly a frustration…

Sorcha is finally here! This is my newest quilt pattern and I’m so happy to share it with you all. This quilt was designed with my house and vibes in mind. I’m muted and classical. Bright and vintage. Quirky and quiet. And that’s how I felt when I first got a bundle of Ruby Star…

Two big takeaways that I learned: It’s still quite a mess in there, but I thought since I wouldn’t be quilting from the back (where paper pantagraphs are used) at this time that I could scoot it back to the wall. I also thought the space around the machine was a suggestion, and thatI knew…

Any consumer is going to research the living daylights out of a large purchase. When it came to researching long arm machines, I didn’t know where to start, or what questions to ask. I knew the big brands, I see the machines people use on social media, I know who looks like the star machine.…

Long arm sewing machines have been around since the 1800s. Granted, those were nothing like the machines of today. Those were wooden with some bars and a hand crank would move the machine along. Long arm quilting machines have come a long way! And goodness, is it an intimidating world! What is a long arm?…

I love me a Halloween quilt! I think I have more Halloween quilts than I do for any other holiday. I wasn’t going to make one this year, but when WoolyPetals announced a sew along with her Ghost Party Quilt pattern, I knew I wouldn’t resist. I mean, who says no to a great party,…

The bag of bags. Don’t lie, don’t be ashamed. We all have one. It’s ugly. It’s a lot of plastic and it’s a necessary evil. No matter how many times I ask for paper (because I ALWAYS leave the bags in my car!) I end up with a million plastic bags that can’t go into…