I finally started work on my tropical fish applique templates for a new quilting class that I’ll be teaching in the fall. It’s going to be the advanced version of the melted crayon applique class that I teach now out of the book Creative Quilts from Your Crayon Box. They are all traced in pencil...

I got a little bit of machine embroidery time last night after dinner to prep for my Tampa Modern Quilt Guild sew day on Saturday. First up is a lace edged heart from Big Dreams Embroidery. This will become my flag contribution for Flags for Boston that the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild is organizing. They...

I can finally post this since my mom received her package today! I finished quilting Nostalgia last week and put the binding/label on her on Sunday. The quilting wasn’t very fancy but the fabric has kind of an old timey feel so I think it fits. The quilt always sort of felt like it was...

The last few evenings I’ve been quilting the Nostalgia quilt. I finished last night and sprayed away my marking lines so it could dry before I bound it. I wasn’t sure what to do in the white area but I wanted something curvy. I played in one of the blocks and figured out this looked...

I’m slowly working my way through my UFOs and trying to get them out of my hair! This was one of my UFOs. Intended as a baby gift but was about six months late. That’s okay though! I still think it makes a great play quilt. This is the Riley Blake Good Life panel.