Small modern quilt projects

Join us as we continue to dive even deeper into scrap quilting this month. This time we're giving you our top preparation tips for making a modern scrap quilt. Even designing scrap quilts takes planning ahead! So, take a moment to consider these 5 tips when you’re preparing your scraps for sewing.

Version #1 || Reproduction Version #2 || Modern + + + + + + + + Fun little four patches on the FIRST || FRIDAY Download the pattern and get started Order complete First Friday Pattern here. Not sure what FIRST || FRIDAY is all about? Find all the details here

… and now I have four blocks hanging out on my design wall. I am loving sewing these blocks, in between other bits and pieces. The simple pleasures of sitting at the sewing machine and just enjoying the process of mindless sewing 😊 #quilting #lowvolumequilts #quiltingismytherapy

I'm very excited about a new venture that begins next month. I'm joining creative forces with Mangelsen's in Omaha, a family-owned and local fabric, hobby, craft and just-about-everything store. I'll do a series of events at the store beginning with my most popular trunk show on Sunday, June 5. I'll be sharing about 50 scrappy

Prairie Life - Kansas Troubles + Martingale I'm delighted to announce my 2nd book in collaboration with Martingale. Our home in the country is the backdrop for the delightful pictures choreographed by Jennifer Keltner, Chief Visionary Officer at Martingale. She gathered my old stuff together in new and beautiful vignettes that make me appreciate my collections of "good junk" all over again. Prairie Life is compilation of a more than dozen projects inspired by my life in the country. I…

Finally have my blocks together - all scraps except the black. Not perfect, but I learned a lot in the process. Now to sew together and add the inner...

Wow - where did those last few weeks go?! There's been so much time spent occupying children and some secret sewing that I've not really had much time to blog. School started back this week though so hopefully things will return back to normal......I was writing my to-do lists yesterday and realised that I hadn't told you all about the Schnitzel & Boo Mini quilt swap that I took part in back in July (sooooo long ago - sorry!) but it was so much fun that I just neeeeeed to, so here goes! For…

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Last week I finished my final quilt for 2017. I started it last fall after I won a layer cake of Denyse Schmidt's Stonington line of f...

Snowballs

Happy Friday! I have a recent quilt finish to share. I'm really behind on sharing quilts, I have a bit of a backlog that I hope I can catch up on in the next month or so. We'll see how we do! First up, a leftovers quilt! I've had this stack of citron and white half-square triangle blocks leftover from making my Interlaced Sampler Quilt since 2016! They were just waiting their turn to become something. I also had a few turquoise ones, but I'm not sure what they came from. I ended up setting…

Mini-quilts are BIG right now! They’re fast to finish, they provide an easy way to try new techniques, and let’s face it—they’re adorable. Plus, you can display them in so many ways: Spread, tucked, hung, or framed—mini-quilts can shine almost anywhere! Sewing minis can mean a more quickly completed quilt—but there are a few tips …

A Little House on the Prairie mini quilt. The quilt wrote it's own story!

Finally finished my #newyearskissquilt for @chowphie , my best friend since kindergarten’s baby. Really excited about the way it turned out… | Instagram

Here's another quilt that I finished a long time back and now realized that I didn't add to my blog. This is a favorite of mine, and is one of the few quilts I plan to keep. It's a time consu

It's that time of the year ... Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict is hosting her annual Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge. Th...

Wow, you all really came out of the woodwork on that last post! It was delightful to explore some new blogs and I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Don’t you wish everyone wanted to talk about quilts as much as us? The quilt on the end of my bed received so much attention that I...Read More »

Summer Quilt 2023 94 1/2 by 81 inches Quilted by Sue Divarco 378 blocks. Adapted from the delightful pattern I Spy Low Volume of Allison Jensen of Woodberry Way Here is her blog post about it. Here is a link to her printable pattern Here are my notes on changes I made in construction. It is a calming, fresh quilt. Feels like summer. It is more beautiful in person than it photographs. The fabrics are mine plus from an exchange with my small group. We laughed and said many of our low volume…