first things first. here are our winners. i chose 5 of you randomly, and these are the winners of 2 small candy packs and a free pattern. Abby said… ummm a favorite? Confetti and Kaleidoscope its a toss up – love them both so much ozone3 said… Love the Kaleidoscope pattern & the Colorblock zipper pouches. THanks […]
today is the first day of school. but i also just got back from a vacation that our family drove 4, 438.8 miles to california (and to utah and Disneyland and so forth) and back. we are still toasted. i am totally celebrating with having my car detailed to get rid of all gooey/stickiness/sand and […]
this summer is passing me by quite quickly. anyone else having a super fast warp speed summer too? not that im complaining. we’ve had a great summer. we’ve relaxed, we’ve done some fun family stuff, and we’ve done a family vacation. which i’ll show pictures of that soon too. i’ve worked on my new fall […]
well, this week… wait…no, last week and this week have flown by in super hyper drive sonic speed. yep, couldnt decide which one, either way it was fast moving. and why yes, i am still working on things for market. thanks for asking. the kids had a day off on monday and we went to […]
as i sew and what not i snap pictures here and there on my phone. it’s been nice to do a few “extra” prep for school houses. and bonus on finding super cute shoes at target in the little girl section. they are slightly too big for me but they totally work for $10 and […]
i swear. just having to be better about taking pictures taking a break and writing about what i’m doing. 🙂 i’ll try to get better at it. ps i tried on bathing suits the other day…and we’re not going to the pool this year. seriously…why do butts decide to migrate lower and lower down your leg […]
welcome to my turn to the friendship quilt along. if you have been following this whole time and have been making the quilt as we go, welcome to the next one! if you are just hearing about it, it’s okay i think i’m going to make this quilt this summer when i have a little more […]
we survived the 4 day weekend. we even got to leave town briefly to enjoy an indoor water park. then i came home and in between dinner and nighttime routines, while editing some pictures i got to yell at the season finale of downton abbey. seriously. what the heck. i knew it was coming but […]
sometimes my husband comes home at night and says “your blog is really quiet…how am i supposed to know what’s going on?” to which i give him a nasty look to his smirk. we talk every night. he knows what’s going on. but it does shed light that i do a lot of “stuff” that […]
okay so some of you know how to make dresden plates, others of you have thought you’d like to try it but you don’t know where to begin, and other of you are like “ew dresden plates is an old fashion block.” well then i’m talking to you if you fall in any of these […]
almost done with the dresden plate how to. 🙂 watch for it soon!
there’s no secret i have a thing for dresden plates. and where i don’t have a quilt made out of dresden plates, i do like the make them and one of my favorite places to put them is on cute little pouches. after i posted this picture of my little sewing pouch with the dresden […]
well, i finally get to introduce to you my newest pattern: Barn Dance Quilt. there’s a story behind this quilt and the inspiration that went to create it. now that we live in iowa, i get to see a lot of barns on our trips to places. and on our trips i get to see a […]
well it’s my birthday. yup. last year i turned 36 this year i’m deciding that i’m turning 29. and then next year. 29 again. sound like a plan? yeah i’m excited to turn 29 i feel like it’s going to be a good year 🙂 29 is a good year. actually 37 isn’t so bad. […]
the other week i was invited to hang out with a few wonderful people. we went to a great shop down in iowa city, iowa. it was a pretty crazy weekend as there was a hawkeye game (and not just any game THE game against the cyclones. heaven help me i don’t even follow football […]
it’s sweltering hot out so lets talk about what else: christmas. i’m sure you’ve heard of christmas in july. that’s when most of the christmas fabric ships to stores, so of course that means it’s time to get a cracking on christmas gifts! well that’s if you are on top of it and are already […]
good morning friends! today i am popping in really quickly to talk about a fabulous book. if you’ve heard of take 5 quilts by the every talented kathy brown, then you are probably just as excited to hear theres MORE take 5 quilts now available! whoot! come and read more about this book and enter […]
this last week i was able to play with some of lotta’s fabric called bella. (i added a couple of mine into there as well as some solid fabrics to give it a fun mix) hexagons are really cool, i love hexagons. i’ve shown my love of them with a few pics throughout the years […]
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