I'd like to welcome everyone visiting my blog from The Splendid Sampler. Take a look around and stay awhile. If you haven't heard of The Splendid Sampler yet (is there anyone who hasn't?!), go check it out and prepare to be sucked in. ••• Are you ready to try your hand at paper-piecing? If you ... View Post
Making a Right Round Medallion: A Sort of Tutorial
I promised that I would share the measurements for making my Right Round Medallion, so here they are! These are very basic instructions. If you don't know how to make a particular block (HST, Economy Block and Drunkard's Path), you will need to look up a tutorial. Let me know if something is ... View Post
Candy Corn Table Runner and Bunting Tutorial
When Jo-Ann asked if I'd like to be a part of their Celebrate the Season Campaign, I jumped at the chance! I love creating holiday crafts and the kids get really excited about seeing the decorations. Our neighborhood gets pretty crazy on Halloween and my husband does up the entire outside of the ... View Post
Reverse Applique Tutorial
This tutorial is step two in the photo tutorial for making my Spiral Geese Mini Quilt Pattern. If you aren't making the pattern, but you are interested in learning my method for reverse appliqué, read on! Step one: Paper-piecing Curved Geese is here. Start by sewing your paper-pieced geese ... View Post
Paper-piecing Curved Geese: A Tutorial
This tutorial is step one in the photo tutorial for making my Spiral Geese Mini Quilt Pattern. You can also use this tutorial for piecing the geese in my New York Beauty Circle of Flying Geese Pattern. ••• Before you begin: Cut all your fabrics out according to the pattern. The smaller ... View Post
Ultra-Wavy Quilting Tutorial
A few people asked me for more information on how I quilted my "Geese in the Forest Quilt", so I thought it would be easiest to do a little tutorial. I drew my method out on paper, so you can see my thought process. I was originally inspired by this quilt and I used it as a model to ... View Post