• Rainy Days are for sewing

    Happy Monday everyone! I’m off to teach at our local quilt shop Thimble Creek today.  We’re making wool snowmen pillows in January!  Unheard of you say?  Just think of the start these ladies will have.  Remember how fast last year flew by? Here’s our project for today…   Snowballs is a fun, quick and best of all EASY pattern!  You’ll…

  • Weekend Projects

    Do you have projects planned for this weekend?  Seems like I’ve been waiting for a “free” weekend and now that it’s here I’m in heaven.  I have so many projects I’ve wanted to get started on so I plan on sewing all weekend long.  Speaking of sewing, it’s a great weekend to try a Scrappy Plate quilt block if you…

  • Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate Club

    It’s time for my Bunny Hill Scrappy Plate Club!  If you’ve always wanted to make a Dresden Plate quilt then you’re going to have so much fun!   Every month for the next 6 months I’ll be sharing pictures, tutorials and directions to make a wonderful Dresden Plate quilt!   You’ll have a completed quilt before the end of the year and…

  • Finishing up 2011

    Redwork Raining Cats & Dogs This week we finally finished the new Redwork Raining Cats and Dogs pattern.   What a great end to 2011.   Say hello to redwork in 2012!   Just look at the fabulous quilting!    Have you ever wondered how to quilt a redwork quilt?  You quilt right through the embroidery!  Most of the stitching will…

  • Chelsea Writes to Santa

    Dear Santa, I’ve been waiting for you to come all week.  I’ve been watching out the window just in case you come a little early. I heard them talking about me in the studio and someone said I’ve gotten “chunky”!   PLEASE don’t listen to them Santa! Bitsy told me you carry treats in your sleigh that you leave for…

  • “It Came Without Ribbons”

     The Story of Bitsy Many of you don’t know the story of Bitsy so I’d thought I’d share it with you this Christmas. To be blessed with an old dog is like no other blessing.  To be blessed with an old dog named Bitsy is a miracle in itself.  She came to us by accident 5 or 6 years ago…