Friday, January 17, 2025
Thread Giveaway Winner
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Pretty Thread Giveaway
Quilters love pretty threads, am I right? I have a nice collection of favorite threads I use for all of my quilting projects - piecing, applique and quilting. I'm sure many of you do too. The Mettler thread company contacted me recently about giving away a set of their new 100% cotton "silk finish" thread for one of my lucky blog followers to try.
In case you don't know, Mettler
thread is a brand of sewing thread that has been around for over 100 years. The
company is known for its high-quality threads that are available in a wide
range of colors and weights. Mettler threads are perfect for a variety of
sewing projects, from patchwork piecing and quilting to applique and intricate embroidery.
The Mettler company recently expanded their thread color range with even more beautiful colors.
Friday, December 27, 2024
Merry Christmas - Late
Merry Christmas! As usual, I got distracted by all the holiday activities and blogging was not on my agenda. I hope you had a lovely holiday. The only thing missing for me was the snow. Still none here in Chicagoland but a girl can always hope . . . .
A few years ago . . .
Friday, December 20, 2024
Peppermints and Pinwheels
Here's a repost from a few years ago of something I thought you might enjoy this holiday season -
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One of my favorite treats I usually only indulge in around the holidays is peppermint bark candy. I'm sure there are places you can buy it all year long but, trust me, it's a good thing that I don't see it much at other times of the year. I recently bought some packaged Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark squares while I was out Christmas shopping. Let me tell you they didn't last long and and so I thought I'd try to make my own. How hard could it be? There are all sorts of recipes if you do a Google search, and you can certainly take your pick, but basically it's layers of dark chocolate, white chocolate and crushed peppermint candy cut into squares. Very simple.
Sunday, December 8, 2024
Christmas and Tiny Trees
Have you made any little trees yet? Everyone seems to be making these. Large or small, it's the perfect seasonal quilt project. My pattern is especially tiny - each tree is only 2" x 4" finished.
There's a free paper-pieced pattern in Files in my Facebook group and there's also one on my website. There's another one using flying geese if paper piecing is not your thing.
Monday, September 9, 2024
Challenge Yourself to Make a Small Quilt Every Month
Quilters - If you have a desire to make more small quilts, we'll be starting a new Monthly Quilt Challenge in my Facebook group on October 1, 2024. I'll help you become motivated to finish more small quilts from some of the patterns I've designed. This little group venture will be organized to help you achieve your goals by working together on a weekly basis to get some things done. Perhaps you'll learn some good organizing skills in the process. We'll see how long we can keep this up. Wouldn't it be nice if you made several quilts to add to your collection (or maybe start one!)?
Another suggestion is to set small goals for yourselves - put 2-3 quilts on your list or in your notebook at first, then add to the list after you complete those if you feel like you want to continue. Or, if you have some unfinished KT quilts lying around, work on one of those each month. I have quite a few unfinished tops I would like to finish as well. I'm excited to begin!
Monday, August 12, 2024
Part 2 Simple Square in Square Quilt
Here's part 2 of my simple blue and white Square in Square Star quilt I posted about last week.
Directions are in my FB group files. I will also put them up on my website later today.
Make 9 blocks. I know it's a very simple design for some of you but hope you still have fun with it.