and...a few more...

Sorry I just can't quit with the hot pads.  My sewing time seems to be evaporating but every once in a while I get an hour or 2 that I just have to spend cutting and piecing. Rather than start anything big I know I won't be able to finish any time soon, I love making these little finished projects!

 Plus, Great Harvest ordered some more.  

Plus I have all these delicious scraps to use up.

 These are the scraps from the quilts I made my boys for Christmas.  I thought it was kind of interesting to see how a different binding and backing fabric completely changes the look of the exact same fabrics.

For holding hot pots

Time to post a few formerly top secret projects.


I wish I had counted how many pot holders I made. They were so much fun...like short attention span theater for quilters. I got to try out all kinds of little designs I've had floating around my head that I don't have the time or inclination to make into entire quilts. The hot pad is a perfect audition.


It was also the perfect home for scraps I couldn't bear to throw away. I won't say I seriously diminished my scrap pile but I made a pretty good dent in it.


Perfect neighbor/teacher/friend gift. I even made a bunch for my brother's Great Harvest, which is such a cool classy joint I was just honored to have my creations in there with all those heavenly baked goods. Then my local Great Harvest got wind of them and picked some up too, which worked out great for me since we are trading for baked goods, mmmm. If I may digress, I think trade is the way the world should work. (Specifically, I would love to find a carpenter that would like to trade built in bookshelves for pot holders. Ha!)

cleaning house

  I'm coming to grips with the fact that I am more of a fabric collector than fabric user...I love to look at it, buy it, bring it home and look at it some more.  But that means that for a while now things have been getting out of hand around here.  Too much STUFF.  My sewing room looks like a tornado came through all the time.  I am hoping that some serious organizing and even some destashing (gasp!) will make me feel like I can function in there again.  I've been going through my fabric collection, which I dearly love, and have pulled out some sweet little piles that I hope will find a happy home.  

Check out the destash listings in the shop if you are interested in building your own fabric stash...

pink and yellow zig zags on white linen

I've been wanting to make this quilt for a long time.  A new niece was the perfect excuse. 

 Somewhere a long time ago I saw a method for making zigzags by slitting a strip of fabric every other inch or so and then pressing the slits so it formed a zig zag...which means...no half square triangles! 

 Just some machine applique.  And lots and lots of straight line quilting.  

The white fabric is actually linen and I love the crinkly softness of it.  Hope my little niece does too!

This is not a very good payback for the pen roll but I made my mom a kindle case using this tutorial.

Fast, easy, fun. That's the name of the game around here.

THANK YOU

I'm slow posting this, but thank you to everyone who ordered from the shop over the last month.  Baby Joy was born on September 20 and lived for 5 1/2 glorious hours.  I was lucky enough to be able to meet her.  She was beautiful and brought so much joy to her family and many others.  I'm so glad I know them.  They are incredible examples of faith and love.  It was a sad day, but a happy one too, as they know they will be able to see her again.  This article brought me a lot of comfort in her passing.

Last week...

Thank you to everybody who has bought from the shop or donated directly over the last several weeks.  We've been able to raise quite a bit for the White family and I know they are so grateful.  Little Joy will be born next week and the shop will be open in her name until Saturday September 15.  If you've been thinking about donating or purchasing, there's never been a better time to go for it.  

I've had so much fun making things! Everything pictured above is still for sale in the shop...it's not just baby stuff. I've got notebooks and dishtowels and hot pads and hair thingies...  Seriously, those little scooters notebooks are maybe my favorite thing I've EVER MADE.  Grab a couple and keep yourself (and your friends!) making grocery lists in style.  Thanks again for all your support with this.