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This is where we have been spending our afternoons.  It is just too darn hot not to take advantage of it.  I pick Eva up from preschool and we head right on over to soak in the cool cool pool.  Yesterday we stopped at McDonalds for ice cream and were told the ice cream machine…

Looking Glass, a pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company is nearly a finish.  ABD (all but borders).  And the border on this quilt is scrappy and will be super fun to piece, so that won't be long in the works.   Loved how quickly and easily this top came together.  I was going to say…

Well my friends, it is a finish! Crop Circles, a pattern by Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's Quilt Company, made with Australian designer Jen Kingwell's new Gardenvale fabric collection.  I admit, I was calling this the Quilt of a Thousand Steps because there was so much to making it.  Lots and lots of prep work…

No sewing so far this week.  I just haven't had it in me for some reason.  I've been pretty active of late, so I suppose I just need a break.  I have been playing with Eva, doing some extra work at the shop and reading. Enjoying the weather before it gets too hot.  I better…

I know.  It's going on right now.  Don't you wish you could go?  I have never been, and probably never will get to go, but I feel the excitement! Do you do Instagram?  If so, check out the posts by Fatquartershop and by Modafabrics.  They are sending a barrage of photos through Instagram showing some…

Are you a fabric tearer?  As in, ripping your fabric instead of cutting it? In the past I have visited a terrific quilt shop when I traveled to Wisconsin.  The women who work at that shop never cut your length of fabric, they rip it!  The first time I experienced that I just gasped in…

Well, right off the bat, I need to tell you Crop Circles is not a beginner pattern.  Carrie Nelson's pattern instructions are terrific, and full of detail.  if you like appliqué you will love it.  The only problem for me is the directions say "use your favorite method of appliqué".  That always throws me for…

Sometimes we truly have the best of intentions.  Tuesday at work we were interviewing a man and his wife who were being considered to team teach some cooking classes our shop offers.  They did a demo for us, just as if we were a proper class. They were terrific and certainly made everything they made…

Yup, we had to go again.  We only have one grandchild, and the way time is flying by, we just had to get season's passes to Disneyland and have another visit there.  As you can see by her little face, she is quite thrilled to be having this conversation with Snow White.  Childhood is such…

Several readers have inquired about this particular block that I am working on.  The pattern is from a book by Kim Brackett, called Scrap Basket Surprises, and is called Past and Present.  Kim's books are terrific.  I believe she has three of them out, and each is full of wonderful easy to cut and sew…