We’re halfway through the Glam Clam Finish Along! How did that happen?! It’s also May. I’m not going to even ask. I guess time sure flies when you’re having fun. Knocking It Out of the Park You are all making me SO happy though! So many finishes and so much great progress this past week!!! If you want to follow …
Glam Clam Finish Along: Week 3
It’s the beginning of week three!!!!! Can you believe it? How is everyone doing this week? Did you get to work on your Glam Clam? I’m seriously super happy seeing all of your progress over the first two weeks of the Glam Clam Finish Along! Well done. Wherever you are is perfect. Just. Keep. Sewing! Plan Your Week Week three …
Glam Clam Pattern Hack 1: Floating Clams
I’ve been wanting to do this for SOOOOOO long – hack my own patterns! Eeeeeek! Ya’ll don’t know how excited I am to finally do this. This Floating Clams Pattern Hack is literally that – a hack of the Glam Clam pattern so it requires that you use the Glam Clam Quilt Pattern and one of the Clammy™ templates. I …
Glam Clam Finish Along: Week 2
A Quick Note about Weekly Finish Along Post Hey Finish Along Friends! Initially I wanted to send the updates every week via the mailing list but, there were some issues with some people receiving them so instead of spending too much time trouble shooting I’m going to still send this to the mailing list and also post it on the …
Glam Clam Finish Along: Week 1
(This is the content of the email that was sent out for Week 1 on April 12, 2021.) I’m so excited to see how many finished Glam Clam Quilts we can create as a group in the next six weeks! The first week of the Finish Along is for all of us to finish getting prepared AND to start a …
Stairway to Heaven – a Mini Tutorial
My quilt Stairway to Heaven was a cover girl last year! The beautiful publication Quilt Folk featured amazing quilters from Southern California and I was lucky enough to be included along with such greats as Eleanor Burns and the Hoffman California fabric company! It is seriously a beautiful publication and you should check it out! A number of the Quilt …
The Rainbow Quilt: My Blue Vase Story
When we were kids my dad had us reading and listening to ALL the self help, success and inspirational books! ALL! OF! THEM!!!! Zig Ziglar. Dale Carnegie. M. Scott Peck. . . I could go on. And yes a lot of them would be on cassette tape! I was a super quirky serious kid who started my first business with …
Callaloo Quilt patterns are here (& a SALE)!
Finally! I know. Callaloo Quilt was one of those patterns that was a bit of a struggle to bring to life. But, it was SO worth it. It’s sorta like the second coming of Glam Clam but this time – with pieced clams! Woot! Callaloo Quilt got its name from a Caribbean stew-like dish of the same name. It is …
The Magic Pillow Facing Tutorial
You may hear me jokingly say I’m a lazy quilter but, I don’t ever believe in compromising quality and workmanship and I LOVE a professional finish when I sew. This means even on the insides of projects or in places that wont be seen often – like the inside of a pillow. I’ve serged seams, sewn full linings, put bias …
Blog Hop – The Appliqué Book: Traditional Techniques, Modern Style
My friend Casey York asked me to be a part of her second book aptly named The Appliqué Book. She invited 21 designers to contribute to the collective knowledge of this book. I love that it embraces “Traditional Techniques, Modern Style”. Because, isn’t that what it’s all about? I honestly don’t do appliqué much but, when I do there is …