Sentimental Stitches

Today was the day! I got my phone call from Wool and Honey in Cedar. The yarn had come in for the awesome shawl I’d seen while I was on the Amazing Quilt Race Shop Hop.
I threw on my cha cha sundress, tossed some makeup at my face and was out the door.

Here it is! [...]

I started my day at Renee’s House of Quilting in Williamsburg which is just a little to the north of Traverse City. You have to watch for the bright pink mailbox on M72 to turn in the right driveway. It’s not too far east of Turtle Creek Casino. One of these days I’m going [...]

I started my day with quilt shops that were closer to the cottage. They’re shops I’ve visited many times before so I knew right where I was going and pretty much what they carried. At shop hop time there’s always bound to be surprises though.

My first stop was Liberty Bell Quilts in Cedar. It’s a [...]

It’s been a busy couple of weeks for me. Rob was here at the lake for more vacation. We worked and played and the time went by way too fast. Clutch was glad to have another man around the house to chase the critters and just do general ‘guy’ stuff with. It’s back to work [...]

I’m right down to the wire on posting these Block of the Month patterns but wanted to finish all 24 blocks of the Midget Mania blocks first. It was fun picking out new Midget Blocks and I printed off foundations to do some sewing myself.

Finding the hidden stitches in this months Beyond The Cherry Trees [...]

Here we are, the last block of our Midget Mania. I hope you’ve had fun with this blitz of 24 new blocks to add to your collection. I didn’t actually sew any during the last week or so but after I get the Block of the Month patterns for August posted I’ll show you some [...]

This is a block I actually finished quite a while ago. It really is an easy one to do until you get to the applique part. That’s where mine was neatly tucked away in my Week by Week Sampler binder along with a piece of fabric for the applique.
I have no idea why I didn’t [...]

Thunderstorms last night + Clutch = sleepless night and morning headache. He’s now snuggled on the couch in the sunshine sleeping with his back feet tucked up under his chin. I’m trying to get enough coffee in my veins to induce some type of activity and ibuprofen into my system to kill this headache.

None of [...]

You would think having spent all of my summers here at the lake that I’d be pretty ’sea worthy’. Truth be told, I don’t know if I could swim well enough or long enough to save my own tushy. I just never learned to swim I guess. That got me to thinking about Clutch. If [...]

This design didn’t show up in any of the places I searched for it. There was a similar block in BlockBase so I made a few adjustments to that block and added a couple of extra lines in order to sew the block using foundation piecing. I was surprised to find we only needed three [...]