This week I am already moving house and moving my sewing studio, so I thought, “why not move my blog as well?” Wink ;). Naaah, it really wasn’t like that, but it just so happens that everything moving this week. It just so happens that this is good news for everyone. And, as Beth commented Friday, I do seem to love a challenge! You don’t need to do a thing ..read more

have fabric scraps? They do have a mind-boggling way of multiplying, and aren’t we glad! Scrap quilts are such fun to sew. Well friends, let’s kick off the new year by busting some scraps in a brilliantly efficient manner. Sign up for the Scrap Cabin sew-along ..read more

Do you ever wonder how many scrap quilts you could sew if you just kept cutting and sewing your scraps? If you dump out a basket of scraps and cut them into a consistent, small shape (such as the 2” x 3” rectangles in my crumb blocks), it’s truly shocking how many blocks they make. And I have literally drawers full of scraps! A catch-all project like my current quilt is just a drop in the bucket ..read more

Make Modern magazine has just released a new issue! It’s a beautiful magazine written by quilters for quilters and delivered digitally to creatives across the world. Patterns, interviews + ideas for the modern quilter ..read more

Finally I am entering the moving homestretch. I have one week left of “normal life” after which it is time to put everything in boxes, no exceptions. Well, you can imagine then how good it feels that I am totally caught up on quilting customer quilts. Plus, that means that I have some pretty things to share with you ..read more

But the quilt! I love that too. It turned out great, if I do say so myself. I already had faith in it as a scrap quilt, but the green and black sashing pushed it way beyond ordinary. I imagine that it will bring such a cozy, joy to someone’s home ..read more

Earlier this year I had the honor of helping a woman finish her very last quilt. With her failing health, she knew she would no longer be able to sew. I quilt and bound her last project and adopted some fabric, for which she was desperately searching out a new home ..read more

I have never hung a quilt in my home before. My ex disliked quilts in general and color in particular. I accepted that it was painfully so, until one day when I realized that disliking someone’s art is rather similar to disliking their soul. In my new life post-divorce, I see how important it is that a lover also loves what I make and how I express myself in color and shape. So, in that context, you can imagine how dear it is that my boyfriend asked me to make quilts for our living room and our bedroom walls. And that hanging this first one up really makes that house my home ..read more

Can you guess why I am making teeny tiny 2” finished triangle-in-square blocks? Think happy sashing. Think ..read more

Ever tried to sew a scrappy quilt with all your scraps and ran into trouble? This kind of wild scrap sewing was supposed to be effortless and still look fantastic, but - - hmmm - - it looks a bit like mud? Here are my secrets for All Colors In scrap quilts ..read more