• Happy New Year Everyone!

    I love doing a giveaway, especially to start a New Year!  Just imagine, some Sugar Plum Christmas could be coming your way before it even ships to the stores!  Are you ready for the winners of the New Year’s giveaway? If you see your name below, you’ve got a goodie coming in the mail as soon as you email me your…

  • Goodbye 2016, Hello 2017!

    Join me this New Year’s Eve for a Bunny Hill giveaway!  It’s time to celebrate the end of a year and the start of another and I’ve been gathering up things to give away.   I brought some samples back from quilt market and found some other treats that Moda’s sent me over the last year.  I’ve got two fat…

  • Applique all Day Block Three

    Guess what day today is?  It’s another “Applique All Day” day over on the Fat Quarter Shop blog!  If you love applique but you don’t have “all day” to make something, block three is perfect for you!   It’s raw edge applique!  Just fuse and straight stitch on your machine (using Aurifil 80 wt thread of course).  You can have…

  • Pre-orders are here

    I haven’t forgotten about my favorite blog readers!  In case you didn’t get my newsletter today here’s Maya “The Christmas Mouse” with a bit of info for you… Dear Santa, I just heard that I might be able to visit a lot of houses with you next year. I’m so excited I can hardly sleep! I’ll be over on the…

  • Applique Basics

    When Aurifil introduced their new 80wt. thread for applique, Kimberly (Fat Quarter Shop) and I, decided it was a great time to bring you some applique fun using this wonderful thread!  Over the next few months The Jolly Jabber blog will be featuring posts on applique, every other Thursday, starting today!  I designed 6 applique blocks for this series and The Fat Quarter Shop…

  • Glitter Houses & Sugar Stars

    I love Glitter Houses, and I’ve collected many throughout the years.  I have a vintage collection mixed in with new, and my Christmas decorating always centers around these houses.  My newest fabric line, Sugar Plum Christmas, has a soft side that you can see when you combine the pink, gray, and ivory fabrics. These are the fabrics I used to create Glitter Houses, one…