So much to do, so little time...
With Quilt Market two weeks away and a brand new delivery of my first batch of fabrics just yesterday, I'm feeling very blessed, but oh so stressed! I can hardly contain my…
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Halloween Part 2 - Fun Spoonflower Fabrics
I thought I would highlight some really great Halloween fabrics from Spoonflower, these are a few of my favorites! Clock-wise from top left: 1. Halloween Mixer 2 by Heidi…
Tutorial – Sweet Owlie Softie
I’d been getting requests for my owl pattern after posting pics on Flickr, and I thought, well why not? So after starting and then putting it aside for a few months, I finally…
Pattern Review – New Look 6913
This past weekend, instead of working on my new calendar designs and about a million other things I actually needed to do, I decided to try my hand at sewing something from an…
Surface Design - Ditsy Prints
I recently learned what a "ditsy" print was when I designed one for Spoonflower's weekly fabric design contest. I hadn't previously given much thought to designing really small…
Halloween Part 1 – Spooky Damask Fabric / Free Cupcake Wrappers
Wow, I can’t believe Halloween is just around the corner! I’m a little sad to see the summer pass, but happy to be moving toward the holiday season. Who doesn’t love Halloween…
Tutorial – Voile Scarf
Down here in Texas, we have no need for thick knitted scarves, as gorgeous as they are, because winter lasts all of about 5 days… but we still like to be stylish! So, I…
Love Birds Makes Top Ten!
Yay, my "Love Birds" design made top ten in Spoonflower's weekly fabric design contest. It's like a double whammy, not only do they make all of the top ten available for sale…
Seattle by way of Grand Junction
I just got back from my second "unexpected" business trip in a week, and once again we've gone to an amazing place I've never been before and I didn't see much more than the…
Sneak Peek - Upcoming Project
Here's a couple quick shots of a new project I'm working on, it'll be my first tutorial but I foresee many more of these in the future b/c it's been so much fun to work on.…
Holli Zollinger - Storage Bench Tutorial
I love DIY projects... especially those that involve fabric and carpentry! Here's a super fab tutorial from Holli Zollinger, an exceptional artist and fabric designer I first…
Spoonflower Weekly Contest - Birds
This week's fabric design contest over at Spoonflower is gonna' be a doozy! The theme is "Birds" and it's a restricted palette: black, white, teal and artist's choice (great…