whenever i think “scrappy granny”, i picture a little old lady, with a cane and a purse, who gets in fights on the street. anyhoooo… i finished my scrappy granny squares quilt. that is, my first scrappy granny squares quilt. because i still have enough 2.5 inch squares to make 28 more granny squares. i […]
making stuff with needles and thread
a quilt for a friend

so, i’m constantly making quilts for my family. or for baby gifts. but, for my little group of friends, i’ve not been much of a bearer of quilts. now that i’m getting better and faster and my house is filling up with quilts, i decided it was high time to start making quilts for my […]
you make me happy, when skies are gray…

my go-to song for annababy is “you are my sunshine”. i’ve pinned a few things here and there to maybe put in her room to reflect this time in her life when i get to rock her and sing songs (ps. it’s almost over). but, when i happened upon this mini-quilt, i knew i would […]
two tops.

i have finished two quilt tops in two days. crazy. i was waiting on gray fabric to finish my granny square top, so i started working on a pave the way quilt kit that i’d picked up at karen gray design before it became little general design. then, the gray came, and i was able […]
soul blossom quilt. done. :)

last JULY, i strolled into karen gray’s (now the little general) looking for some inspiration for my next quilt. i wanted to make a king quilt for our bedroom. even though i had no kids with me, i still made an impulse purchase of a fat quarter bundle of amy butler’s soul blossom line. 33 […]
doll quilt swap…

despite having the kids home everyday, all day, i have found a few moments here and there to sew just a little bit. our quilt guild had a doll quilt swap (although i prefer mini quilt, since doll quilt makes us sound like weird old women who play with dolls), and i managed to finish […]
index card a day… 2.

saw this on my friend paige’s blog and decided to join in the fun. the idea is that you make an index card every day for the months of june and july. whatever you want. drawings, paintings, stitchings, stickers, lists, notes, etc. and then you post them on flickr (or instagram or your blog or […]
i’m a winner!!!

so, if you’re a sewing/quilting world bloggy friend, you know about all about the big giveaway week that we just had… if you’re my mom, or any of the other various random people who reads this blog, you don’t. so i’ll tell you. last week was a big giveaway week sponsored by the sew, mama, […]
granny progress.

so far, i’ve made eight squares for the granny square quilt. or quilts. who knows. #1-4… #5-8… all 8…
granny square quilt.

since i can’t crochet, and i’m really coveting a granny square afghan, i figured the next best thing is to make a granny square quilt. i was recently in a rainbow charm swap at sweet diesel designs and had a pretty stack of 5 inch square rainbow fabrics. i added a few of my own […]