The chaplains from Mother Frances hospital, who distribute our quilts there, sent me a nice note the other day along with a note they received from a patient family.  These kind thanks belong to all of you who have helped CiL. (click on the images to expand them to make it easier to read)    Covered in Love is a 501(c)(3) charity that donates quilts to patients dying in the hospital, over 1400 so far! The April-June block drive is live now.  Check out the main post HERE if you want to get involved.    Linking to Finished or Not Friday ..read more

 The brand new quilt finish is 'Grandma's Fans'!  This was started in 2021 sometime after my daughters wedding. Just felt like getting a couple of the fabric stacks moving and grooving. Grandma's Fans Quilt is finishedd! Didn't get the top together until September of 2022, but that's not really an extra long time for projects around here. You're probably thinking 'Wow! There's no applique in it.' but actually there is. All the wedges and quarter circle are machine sewn together, but then, well... I simply had to hand sew them to the background squares ..read more

Last year my hubby took a voluntary redundancy and retired 4 years earlier than planned. We had only been in Australia 8 months so I was still in in the midst of bringing order to chaos in my new sewing studio! So it's felt like lots of tasks were still on my to-do list for the last 8 months!  Civil War repro and traditional prints We live a very busy, active retired life, so I'm not in the studio much anymore. Most of my quilt making is EPP whilst watching TV now. But this past weekend he went to the East coast of Australia to visit his family and I had five full days in my sewi ..read more

Earlier this week I pattern tested the May block for my Eye Spy Adventures BOM.  I love this one! It's such a cute block ..read more

Tune in to WIP Wednesday #130 to hear all about Vanessa’s sew along for this beginner friendly knit top for women. Pattern includes sizes S- 3XL. We’ll be making the Westchester Dolman Top! It’s a perfect first garment pattern! • Signup for the FREE Westchester Dolman Top Course & Sew Along here: https://craftygemini.com/op/westchestersewalong/ • Get everything you need to make the Westchester Dolman Top: https://craftygemini.com/product-category/featured/ What we’re covering: 0:23 – Welcome to WIP Wednesday! 1:42 – Intro to the Westchester Dolman Top 4:18 – The Westchester Dolman Top patt ..read more

 It's I Like Thursday time! We post happy and uplifting content every Thursday. You can visit LeeAnna over at Not Afraid of Color to link up to more blogs taking part. Our Spring has been typical for New England. We have some warm days only to be followed by cold days. It's like the weather just can't make up their mind! We're finally getting some color blooming around our house.  I received this gift mug from an old pharmacist friend. When we started our careers, all prescriptions had auxiliary labels to remind patients on how to take their meds. I don't think they're ..read more

Hi and welcome to week 581 of Free Motion Mavericks. Fibre Fling finds  Last Friday and Saturday was the Out of the Box (OOTB) Fibre Artists' Fibre Fling 2024. I was there for most of the two days, spending my time at the Membership table. I had a chance to meet with fellow members, potential members and see all of the wonderful work of these very talented artists. If you didn't see it, here are my two pieces at the show. My tulips and birds at Fibre Fling Over 30 potentially new members signed up for more information on OOTB. The show is a great way to promote our group. E ..read more

 I see a lot of custom quilts for longarming. And I haven't been keeping the greatest record of the pictures I take of quilts. As a result, I have SO MANY pictures of quilts that I have no idea of who quilted what. So I'm going to be posting some of those quilts. And if one is yours or you recognize someone's work, please let me know so I can credit them.  Enjoy the show and tell! Who doesn't love a good sampler quilt?  The colours in this are so calming. quilted with a meander I love the colours in this one. quilted with Contempo If memory serves me right, this cutie was p ..read more

Shake off the summer heat and prepare to embrace autumn with The Quilted Scarecrow Sew Along and Stitch Along! Join us as we kick things off with our first “Scarecrow Sunday” on our social media Sunday, June 9. For more details as we start The Quilted Scarecrow, keep reading!  It’s not too late to gather your supplies to sew this charming 80.5″ x 85.5″ scarecrow quilt with us! We’re sewing with Lori Holt’s collection Autumn for Riley Blake Designs, but with the fabric requirements in the pattern your fabric choices are endless! The Quilted Scarecrow Supplies The Quilted Scarecrow D ..read more

Oh, the lilacs!! I could smell them in the drive as we arrived home from the airport after midnight on Tuesday - which I guess was really Wednesday morning. But it was dark - so I didn't really come face to face with them until I walked out the door to head over to the inn to make things ready for the Muddy Creek Misfits who would be arriving after 4pm. Oh!!  The lilacs!  I didn't miss them after all! Click to Read the Whole Story ..read more