• Peeps help me design

    Yesterday my husband bought me my favorite Easter treat!  PEEPS!  Two packages of yellow chicks.  I consumed one box right away, I just couldn’t help myself.  I’m trying to have control with the other package, make myself eat only one at a time, ok two at a time, but at least sit down at my desk and eat them slowly.  It’s really tough!  I love these little things, and I only get them once a year!  The thing no one knows is that Peeps actually help me design!  They’re my comfort candy.  And I’ve been doing a LOT of designing.  It’s a good thing the stores are filled with Peeps!  …

  • cottontail cottage part 3

    Cottontail Cottage, Part Three There are so many fun fabrics in Cottontail Cottage, and these tiny checks are just a few of them. They come in six colors and are printed on the bias, making those quilt bindings simple to cut. You’ll get that bias look without the excess yardage. We’ll be making fat quarter and half-yard bundles of these checks as soon as the fabric arrives in January. Or, maybe you’d prefer a combination of florals and checks. The Cottontail Cottage floral is one of my favorite fabrics in the line. Just look at it next to the checks! I can picture my grand-daughters Lily & Maya wearing dresses made…

  • Cottontail Cottage part two

    New fabric, patterns, and kits are coming soon!  I’m in fat quarter heaven here in my studio, surrounded by bunnies, bird nests, cottage houses, garden flowers, checks, and dots!  And to think these fabrics all come together to make up this new spring quilt called Cottontail Cottage! Moda is making kits for this quilt, some shops will be offering laser cut blocks, and others will have it as a block of the month.  Whatever suits your fancy!  Cottontail Cottage is the perfect way to start 2018!  The fabric ships in January.   I’ll be back next week to show you our new mini quilts made from Cottontail Cottage.  Hope to…

  • Cottontail Cottage

    Cottontail Cottage Cottontail Cottage…don’t you love the name?  It’s what I’m calling my next fabric line for Moda.  The Moda reps will begin showing Cottontail Cottage to quilt shops this week, so I’m starting off the week with some sneak peeks for you. Cottontail Cottage Quilt Cottontail Cottage is also the name of my next block of the month quilt.  I’ll be showing you bits and pieces of this beautiful quilt as we make the sample for fall market.  I have to say this quilt just makes me happy! The house fabric was designed for lots of fussy cutting!  Don’t you love how it looks in this 2″ square? Cottontail Cottage…

  • Are you sewing this weekend?

    Design Contest If you’re sewing this weekend make sure you include a stocking for our design contest.  Just look at these entries from week one in our 12 Designers, 12 Months, 12 Contests!  Aren’t these little stockings cute?  We’ve even had 3 children enter their stockings! If they can do it so can you!  You still have plenty of time and remember how great the prizes are?   But you have to enter in order to win so print the stocking template and show us what you can do. 12 Designers Stocking Template The three winners are going to be part of our free mystery quilt that starts in July!…

  • 12 contests, 12 designers, 12 months

    There will be 3 winners, some great prizes and a chance to be featured in my new mystery quilt that starts in July!   All you have to do is to add a little “something” to my stocking pattern!  You can design something to go on the stocking, in the stocking, or next to the stocking.  Here’s the info for you…    Contest Rules You have 3 weeks to submit your design.  I’ll choose the winners on June 1st and announce them on June 5th! The stocking blocks must finish at 8″ x 8″ so be sure and cut your background 8 ½ x 8 ½”. Start with the stocking pattern included below.…