One of the hardest parts of quilting is keeping it a secret from the person receiving the quilt… and keeping it a secret from my blog. I’m always itching to post a tiny sneak preview because 50 hours of my life has been spent tucked away in my little sewing studio, but everybody I make […]
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The baby shower and the quilt debut!
We threw my sister an “April Showers” baby shower last weekend, and I must say it was adorable. But then again, Sarah is a shower-giving pro, so it was fitting that her own shower be extra special. Most of the credit for this shower goes to my other sister Lindsay, who graciously hosted it at […]
Quilting Q&A’s
I get a lot of questions from friends and on Facebook about my quilting, so I thought I’d share a little bit of inside information from my foray into quilting.How’d you learn?Quilting was a total impulse decision. It was the Summer of 2008, I had a short break from summer school, all of my friends […]
Blog Roll: Quilting Blogs
I’ve been blogging since blogging wasn’t cool (2005), and along the way I have discovered some really interesting people. I thought I would share the wealth. Because I’m an organized person living in a disorganized person’s body, on a rare day when I had some free time I categorized my blog reader. It was either […]
More quilts
Do you know why I love quilting? Because of this quilt lying on my bed. A quilt made by Mr. Right’s great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother out of the scraps of his grandmother’s childhood clothes, and those of her seven brothers and sisters. It’s such a piece of history. What other heirlooms tell that kind of story […]
Pinterest Love: Quilts & Sewing
I’m so excited to find some of my blog buddies are now Pinterest buddies as well. It’s one of the most wonderful things I discovered this summer. That, and Mr. Right’s homemade chocolate chip and pecan cookies topped with chocolate-banana icing. Those are pretty spectacular as well. (Now you know why I’m failing miserably at […]
Quilting Bee
I mentioned awhile back that I’m learning to quilt in my spare time. Well, here’s number two. My quilting is much like my training for the half marathon… slow, painful, and sporadic. But I must admit that I really enjoy the challenge of learning something new. It’s definitely a lot harder than it looks… I […]
First quilt is finished!
My first quilt is complete! If this quilt were a dog, it would be a sad, scraggly mutt that walks with a limp and is so ugly, he’s cute. It would be a mutt with bristles and burs stuck in his fur, and feet that track in mud all over your white carpet. But the […]
My Mother’s Day Getaway
My husband is literally the best. He called me earlier this spring and said, “I found a necklace I really want to buy you for Mother’s Day. But then I thought, would you rather just have a weekend away in a hotel by yourself?” He knows me, y’all. You know which one I chose. And […]
2017 Year in Review
I’ll admit, I can be a sap when it comes to looking back on a year well-lived. Our 2017 featured some BIG milestones and things to celebrate, as well as some moments of stress and sadness. Here are the highlights… We finalized Mila’s adoption Mila was ours the moment we held her, but the State […]