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...

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.

Several months ago I had the idea to make this because I was sick of dropping my seam ripper or small cuticle scissors on the floor. I know some sewing machines won’t accommodate this because they have buttons and stuff this would cover up but for those of you with a style of machine like...

I didn’t do much sewing last week so I tried to make up for it yesterday. I needed to do two pincushions for a swap I’m participating in and decided to do a few extra mini-pincushions in case they didn’t like the cactus ones. You can get the cactus design from Urban Threads. First I...