Ampersand

When I began quilting, I was a strictly-yardage type of sewer.  Then I bought my first charm pack and everything changed.  So when the chance arose to play with some Moda pre-cuts, I jumped at the opportunity. I received a …

Onwards

I’m so excited to be sharing this finish today! I was lucky enough to participate in a Modern Quilt Guild challenge sponsored by Michael Miller and featuring the Madrona Road line by Violet Craft. I had already fallen in love …

Shoal quilt, and other holiday WIPs

I’m thrilled to have my Apiary quilt featured on QuiltStory today! Thanks so much Heather and Megan! If you’ve arrived here from QuiltStory, welcome and thanks for visiting! I hope you’ll have a look around! Edited to add: I’m also …

The Bee Quilt

I’ve finally finished the Bee quilt I’ve been making for my son Julian!  I shared the completed quilt top earlier this year, and finished up the quilting and binding this week. Of course I made things even more complicated for …

Sushi

The first quilt I ever made was for my son when he was a baby.  I wanted something minimal but still cute, and decided on a whole cloth quilt with appliquéd (surprise!) sea creatures.  When my second son came along, …

Sevres

I’ve only been blogging for a few months, now, and intermittently at that, so I feel a little like a party crasher linking up to Amy’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival.  But there’s no time like the present very last minute, right? …

Sakura

This quilt was a learning experience, or–rather–a series of fortunate experiments. It all started with a charm pack of  Kate Spain’s Good Fortune line for Moda.  It seemed like a good way to study the anatomy of a fabric collection, …

At long last…

I have been itching to show this quilt top since I started it…er…last summer.  This weekend I finally put in the final stitches, and I have to admit that I’m quite pleased.  More importantly, my son Julian is pleased, since …

Something I’m absurdly happy with

I spent today in a local college library researching the history and theory of modern architecture. The International Style of the c. 1920s-1970s served as an inspiration for my Toy Tiles pattern collection (and also, I kind of really love …