Such exciting news! Dolls made by Darcy! My dear friend Darcy and I are launching a Modern Sewing Guild in Atlanta! Our first meeting is going to be Saturday, October 9th @ 10am at Whipstitch Fabrics downtown near Tech and Ikea. The owner, Deborah, has been instrumental in helping us get started.  For now, our [...]

Aahhh…. Pincushies. Whenever I come across one I feel the strong urge to squeeze the living daylights out of it. That sounds a little violent, doesn’t it? It’s only violent if there are pins that have managed to hide themselves from plain view. I have a problem with, well, overcommitment. It’s just that all of [...]

I’ve not only been bitten by the quilting bee bug, but now also the swap bug! There is no end to the creative outlets! Pillow Swap 3 is a blind swap where a bunch of super talented people get to create pillows for each other. It is “blind” because, although you know who you are [...]

For the Modern Quilting Bee, May was Shea’s month, and she wanted us to help her make an alphabet quilt for her daughter so they can practice her letters.  I loved this idea, and plan to do it one day myself  :)  I was assigned “F” and “S”.  At first I was really nervous, but [...]

In one of the bees I am was in, Bee-Stitched, Greta wanted us to make her this half square triangle block.  I love that she chose grey as the background color – I always tend towards white as the backgrounds I use, so it was nice to play with something different.  I loved the way this [...]

I’m not sure how I got so lucky… this was my first swap and I truly hit the jackpot. Jaime delivered Christmas early with her amazing package that consisted of a gorgeous, quilted sewing machine cover, a stunning embroidery design, and some super yummy fat quarters.  Thank you so much, Jaime – you’re set a [...]

Lipstick, shoes, and coffee, right? These were the essentials I had in mind as I designed this quilt for my mom, for her birthday.  With the help of the very talented ladies from the Modern Quilting Bee, I was able to get this quilt completed, and it now is being enjoyed by my mom!  Her [...]

You know those awards they give out in school, “best in reading”, “best in art”, etc, well, in kindergarten, I was named “most optimistic”.  I think that my optimistic qualities were truly apparent at that early age, or the teacher ran out of awards to give, and that was all she could think of.   (in [...]

     Aren’t these blocks beautiful?  I’m not being smug – Leanne picked the fabrics out – not me  :)  I’ve told her before how much I want to raid her fabric stash, and boy is that ever true now.  Her color choices were so great; so vivid!  These blocks are for the February edition of [...]

I’m IN LOVE with these blocks!  These blocks were for the February edition of our Spider Bee.  Brioni did such an amazing job picking out fabrics, and fussy cutting her base fabric so well.  I *really* loved making these – and can’t wait to see the final result!