Today I am sharing my Pineapple quilt just in time for summer picnics 🙂 I started this quilt almost a year ago at a retreat with friends and finished it shortly after. It has sat patiently waiting for it’s photo shoot since then..lol. With Summer just around the corner it seemed like a good time…
Quilty Arrows Quilt Pattern
Today I’m excited to introduce this fun new fat quarter friendly Quilty Arrows quilt. Quilty Arrows is a modern take on the chevron or arrow quilt design. This one goes together pretty quickly using your favorite fat quarters. Quilty Arrows is great for the beginner quilter. Quilty Arrows has instructions for Crib, Throw and Queen…
Quilting successfully with Essex Linen Fabric
Today I want to talk to you guys about my current quilting obsession. I can’t get enough of the stuff. I’m talking about Essex linen by Robert Kaufman. Just about every other quilt I make uses it. It gives the best texture and some really great added weight. Our quilts need to actually be warm…
Ombre Gems Quilt _ The bonnie and camille one
Happy to share this scrappy Ombre Gems quilt with you all today! Since it’s the end of the Ombre Gems Quilt Along I thought this would be the perfect way to close it out. I had good intentions of having my VandCo Ombre Ombre Gems quilt done and ready to share but.. nope. Life got…
Ombre Gems Quilt Along – Week 10
This is the final week of the Ombre Gems Quilt Along! I really can’t believe how quickly those 10 weeks went by! I hope you enjoyed this quilt along as much as I enjoyed hosting it. 🙂 This week we will finish up the quilt along and sew together our quilt blocks! And give yourself…
Ombre Gems Quilt Along – Week 9
Welcome to Week 9! As I type this I can’t believe I’m typing week 9! Week 9! Just one more week to go guys! This week we will be making the final 5 blocks! Next week is dedicated to sewing our quilt tops together so this week is a chance to catch up if you…
How to pay yourself as a creative business owner
Today I’m going to talk to you about a topic I love…. getting paid! Not to be confused with how to get paid but what to do once you do get paid.
Ombre Gems Quilt Along – Week 8
Welcome to Week 8! Just a few more weeks left of this colorful quilt along! This week we will be making 5 blocks. And just 5 more to go next week! All of the colorful quilts showing up on instagram make me smile! Here are a few that caught my eye: played a little…
Hand Pieced Hexie Quilt – the one that took over a year
Somehow my hand pieced hexie quilt hasn’t made it up on the blog yet! This quilt took just over a year to complete so it needs it’s day in spotlight 😉 I started this quilt way back in January 2015. I had never tried English paper piecing and I was loving all of the hexies…
Grow your Instagram following and grow your Creative Business
This is an impromptu post. Probably not the smartest way to write a post 😉 But here it goes anyways… my thoughts and theories on growing your Instagram following to help grow your creative business…. This weekend I hit a milestone on Instagram. I reached 10k followers. I have very mixed feelings about this. I’m…
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