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Lovely Christmas Preparations
This has been quite a lovely week. We are cooking up to Christmas and last weekend we had our annual gingerbread-baking party with 18 people in our kitchen making yummy gingerbread (literally called pepper-cakes in Norwegian) from a recipe that called for no less than...
“All the Pretty Colors”
Here is my newest quilt. The pattern will be out in December and will include all the paper foundations for piecing the pencil tips. I will post a full view of it when I get it back from Quilt Market. All the fabrics are from Michael Miller Cotton Couture. Now you...
New Mollie Makes Books (and a new adventure with Aurifil Lana)
The editors of Mollie Makes, all those beautiful and fun creations from bloggers and crafters all over the world (pretty much) have assembled a series of adorable books on different topics. Amongst others, there is an embroidery book, a crochet book, a Christmas book,...
Cats and Productivity…
The other day I was trying to accomplish making a mitered border for the first time. So I am concentrating REALLY hard, and I am just a bit anxious about screwing this up....then fuzzy-man-kitten shows up, plops down on my quilt top, and acts like he owns my sewing...
A Really Good Day
Yesterday was already a really nice day: It was drizzly raining, which is a great treat here in Phoenix. I did a morning meditation in the hummingbird habitat corner of the park and watched the waterlilies. The temperature was down in the low 70's and I had turned off...
Hexagons with Tana Lawn Liberty Fabric
For the longest time I thought I would make this hexagon quilt with purely Tana Lawn Liberty prints, but then I started experimenting with this brown plaid from Moda and I thought it added an unexpected and rather cool quality to the quilt.
Interview with Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession
Last spring, at the quilt market in Pittsburgh, I found myself face to face with one of my quilting heroes at a book-launch party. I first learned about Kathy Doughty when I skimmed one of her books in a quilt store and ended up taking it home. Her books are among my...
New Project Sneak-Peak
Here is a little peak of a detail in the new pattern I am working on. Look at all the beautiful Island Batik fabrics! The pattern will be available in November.
FREE PROJECT: Migration Pillow
Lately I have been playing with some sweet new Michael Miller fabrics. I decided to make a nice big pillow to throw on the floor, or in the hammock, or wherever it may please somebody to lounge around. I used a the large 15-degree ruler from Creative Grids to make a...