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Fabric Dying: Girl weekend with Gina Perkes
Have you ever dyed your own fabric? It is FUN! This past weekend I journeyed up to Gina Perkes' home in Payson, Arizona, for a girl weekend of fabric dying, quilt chatting, and prosecco consumption. We both had some decent stashes of fiber reactive dyes from Dharma...
Free Tote-Bag Pattern on WeAllSew
My Big-Girl-Little-Girl Tote bag pattern is now available for FREE on WeAllSew.com http://weallsew.com/2015/05/15/how-to-make-a-big-girl-little-girl-modern-tote-bag/ Hope you enjoy it! Felicia
144-patch Postage-Stamp with Civil War Reproductions
I finally figured out what to do with the civil war reproduction fabrics that I had a brief kick on about 3 years ago - I wasn't sewing much as I had a newborn who didn't sleep. But I would drag her to the quilt store and engage in some retail therapy and buy half...
Hummingbirds on my Cucumbers
Sometimes little things just make my whole day a super-happy one. This weekend I dried oregano, thyme, and lovage from the garden for my spice cabinet. While I was out there, two hummingbirds came and argued about who gets user rights to my cucumbers. I ran and got my...
Fast & Fun with Layer Cakes
Monday I had a deadline for a first draft with my publisher and I spend the last 10 days intensely hunched over hand appliqué and stitchery. It is fun, but slow. By Monday morning I had sewn so much all my fingers were raw and I had planned to take a day or two off,...
Colored Pencil Quilt – All the Pretty Colors
Can't wait to start teaching this quilt. I have a class scheduled at The Bernina Connection in Phoenix on, Saturday, May 9th. The pattern is available wholesale through Brewer and Checker to quilt stores, or you can order your pattern directly from me. Super fun to...
Irish Chain with Cotton Couture
Don't you love the first stages of making a quilt? Getting the idea, thinking about it, choosing the fabric, cutting and then starting to sew? Nothing has gone wrong yet. You don't even know yet that your seam allowances are a little off or that your fabric is going...
Michael Miller and Aurifil Easter Colors
I am making a tote bag today, and I am inspired by Easter. Michael Miller cotton Couture is playing nice with Aurifil and Robert Kaufman's Essex natural cotton-linen blend. Are you making an Easter inspired project? Happy Easter everybody!
Hexagon Update (Forever Project)
My husband and I have been binge-watching House of Cards on Netflix. This is a good thing because this is how I get paper piecing done. Here is the current state of affairs - there is "a bit" more to go still. Felicia