You probably don’t give your oven mitts a second look in the kitchen, do you? They are just there to serve the purpose of protecting your hands from hot items you need to grab. But… what if we turned those basic kitchen linens into a fun curated mini quilt for your hands? This week on […]
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My first entry in the 2024 Embroidery Garden Journal is a sprig of juniper for January! I live in zone 6b in central Pennsylvania. There is not much alive in the garden during any given January. We have been having highs in the 20°F with lots of snow, so mostly my garden is a bare,
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Have you ever wanted to capture a record of the beautiful abundance of life in your garden in a format other than photographs? Embroidery journals have been circling around the internet for a number of years, but an icon a day is not something a lot of us can keep up with. How about one
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November and December are certainly the peak time of year when I look back and reflect on the year and all of the scrap fabrics I have created in my studio. Each year, I desire to start fresh, with zero scraps piled up in bins and around the room, but that never really happens. And,
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In my opinion, a great quilt comes together so fast you barely notice you had to repeat all of the steps multiple times. The Bear Paw On-Point Quilt is definitely one that comes together very quickly, the only thing you may notice is the time it takes to trim the half-square triangles. Because the blocks
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This month I am happy to be launching my latest quilt block pattern, the Bear Paw On-Point. I have already launched the PATTERN HERE and an accompanying KIT HERE if you’d like to play along with me this month creating the Bear Paw On-Point (BPOP) block and quilt. To kick off the celebration, I am
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This summer, I am pleased to announce I will be hosting two separate opportunities for central PA kids to come out and get creative with fiber arts! Both workshops are titled “Print, Pattern, Sew” with one being hosted by Perry County Council of the Arts (June 19-23, 2023) and the other being hosted by the
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Now that we have our beautiful fabrics pressed and cut for the Alpine Trail Shattered Squares Quilt, it’s time to get sewing! For my quilt, I will be sewing up 72 blocks to make the elongated throw size I want for the room. Each pint in soft greens with woodland vibes will repeat several times
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Now that we have all of our beautiful fabrics selected for the Alpine Trail Shattered Squares Quilt, it’s time to get cutting! If you missed the fabric selection for this quilt, you can check out the previous post in the SHattered Squares Quilt with Me! series HERE, where I describe all of my picks in
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If you’re like me, the reason you are drawn to quilting is because of the endless possibilities to play with beautiful bits of fabric. However, having a large stash of fabric can quickly become burdensome, and possibly guilt-inducing. Today I would like to focus on how I shop my stash first when creating a bundle
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