• it’s sewcialities day at bunny hill!

    Are you doing the Sewcialities quilt along with The Fat Quarter Shop? There are some great blocks in this sew-along, and even if you don’t participate in the sew-along, I recommend printing them out and saving them in a binder.  You may want some of these in the future, and they come in 12″, 6″, and 3″ sizes.  Sampler style quilts are fun to make. I was having so much fun sewing away,  I made this block in all three sizes, 12″, 6″, and 3″!  The 6″ is always my preferred size block, but I’m also in love with the little 3″ size.  My block is named “Peace,” and I…

  • A bittersweet year

    2020 was a bittersweet year.  So many things have changed for all of us this past year.   Did you ever think you’d be spending a holiday on a zoom call?  I could never have imagined this, and yet now it seems almost normal.  As I look around my studio, I realize my Bunny Hill lock-down partners have been affected by this virus too.  Bless their little hearts…   Tweety and Chelsea spend the day with me..  Tweety usually sleeps in a little drawer, and Chelsea in her heated donut bed.   And sometimes they switch beds just to change things up.     Chelsea is a social dog, so I…

  • Catching Up

    Yesterday was another Moda deadline, and it feels good to cross it off my list.  We’ve been working on new designs for my next fabric line (the one coming after Crystal Lane).  Today I’m feeling a bit giddy because designs are finished, and we’ll be testing each one as we make them.  Since we’ve only worked with my new fabrics virtually on the computer, it will feel great to see them come alive in fabric!  Yardage arrived on Friday, so we’re going to be busy! I don’t know how cats can find a piece of fabric anywhere, but cat owners know they can!   I was cutting fat quarters from my…