September is National Sewing Month! The observance of National Sewing Month began in 1982 with a proclamation from President Ronald Reagan declaring September as National Sewing Month “In recognition of the importance of home sewing to our Nation.” In honor of “Throwback Thursday,” we have several links below of past[Read more]
This quilt is a long time in the making! I started making this quilt in my college dorm room for Jake (before he was my husband!) That was at least 5 years ago! It was intended to be a Christmas present – then a birthday present – turned a graduation[Read more]
I have seen oodles of these mini quilts dubbed mug rugs and decided to try my hand at it! What is a mug rug, you ask? After some research, here’s my best answer: A mini quilt that is larger than a coaster, but smaller than a placemat. The perfect spot[Read more]
As I pondered what I was going to share today, I decided to be a bit sneaky. Don’t tell my daughters but I’m going to share a “Handcrafted” Wednesday on “For the Home” Thursday. Yes, we try to specialize each day of the week with a topic for the Blog[Read more]
I’ve been hard at work piecing squares for my Pow Wow quilt. This is probably my favorite part of quilting because you get to see how the fabrics take shape into a work of art! I learned a new method of piecing in order to put these blocks together. Although[Read more]
All those gorgeous fabrics are going to turn into the Pow Wow Quilt by Allison Harris over at Cluck Cluck Sew. I finished up the top of my previous quilting project shortly after buying this fabric. I told myself I couldn’t start on this until it was finished, but this[Read more]
Look at the gorgeous fabric this girl picked up! I can’t wait to get started…but I told myself I would have to finish my last quilting project first! I have a really cute project in mind for these fabrics which is my motivation for finishing the other quilt! Alexandrea NicoleAlex[Read more]
You know those projects that you start, and then they never get finished? The ones that you set aside to do a new and more cool project, then when you finish that new project, you don’t have the energy or motivation to return to it? Well, if you don’t, I[Read more]