A Quilty Cannery

This week's block shouldn't have been too complicated... but there was something about the way the pattern was written that I just...

It's Moda Blockheads Block Release-Eve! And with the week flying by, I never posted about the block that I did for week 19 (The block,...

I knew it has been a hot and dry summer, but to see July, really pulls it all into fabric. As a reminder, this year, I started a...

After writing yesterday's post about previous quilt hop fabric that I haven't used, I decided to get ahead in my potholder project and...

Tomorrow starts the annual Quilt MN Shop Hop. This year's fabric designs are fun and festive. I love the panel designs! The orange in...

This week, I dropped the Desert Blooms quilt top off at Wildflower Quilt Company for top quilting. It should be ready by about August...

This week, the design of Block 18 is Crowning Glory, by Betsy Chutchian: The original pattern called for one of the fabrics to be...

While I've now been quilting for about 28 years (although, admittedly, there were some years where the sewing machine was barely...

Bonus Block (#6 Step To It) This week, the first bonus block in a while was finally released on Monday, by a Moda designer: As the blocks...

Earlier this spring, I finally finished the quilt that I started in 2013 with my niece, Ren, and immediately asked her younger sister if...

My niece Olive turned 10 last month, and this popped up as a memory. I made this fun square quilt as a baby/toddler quilt for her with...

Today’s block is called Indians Puzzles and is a 9-patch made up of four half-square triangles and four 4-patches, all at 3 1/2” square. ...

I realized today, as I was posting block 7, that I missed posting the last two. So here they are: Block 5: Doubles To the left is the...

Time for the next installation in my "Year of Potholders" (volume 2) sewing project! This week's version used two 4.5" squares and 2 HSTs....

I've seen this great quilt top sample at the Wildflower Quilt Co. in Lakeville for months, and decided to purchase the kit tonight. I...

I found this fun six pointed star design for table toppers that I thought would look amazing with graduated colors on a black background,...

This week, I used the quilt block as inspiration, but completely ignored the instructions. I'm just not finding her instructions to be...

I am a fan, a huge fan, of Minnesota's state flower, the Showy Ladyslipper! It was one of the things on my photography "bucket list" and...

I was playing around with some new foundation papers for tiny flying geese, and ended up making five of those 4" finished sawtooth...

This week's design is Moda Block-berry by Jackie MacDonald for Sweetfire Road. I must admit, not my favorite block. I don't like the...