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Canada 150 – It’s in the Bag Tour
Happy Monday to you! Thought I'd drop in today to let you know about a fun tour making the rounds right now. As you might know, it's Canada's 150th birthday on July 1st - and some amazing bag-makin' ladies decided to make a tour out of the occasion. You probably know...
Octo-bundle
Little did I know, when I was oohing and awing over Heather Bailey's 'Hello Love' collection last fall, that I'd get to put together a bundle based on it. Woohoo! Watch out folks - it's a bright, summery one... Fabric Spark provided me with this fat quarter bundle and...
Katarina Roccella: inBlue Fabric Tour
Enter stage right - Monday - full of after school swimming lessons and general busy-ness, newly finished dresses and previous days of unpredictable rain. Enter stage left - Me - with a rushed plan to fit a photoshoot right smack in the center of it all (before it...
Tamara Kate: Frolic Fabric Collection
This past Monday was a lovely warm Canadian holiday, perfect for a trip to the park. The girls and I explored a new area nearby and had a great time taking photos of Frolic - Tamara Kate's brand new collection for Michael Miller Fabrics. (Best fabric line name ever!...
A Finished Quilt!
Hey there! It's been so long, how are you doing? I'm ok, still doing my best to recover from whatever it is that's got me down. In the meantime, I've got a long-finished project to show you. Thankfully there are tons of these in the wings - just gotta get the energy...
How to Quilt on an Embroidery Machine
Turns out there are four ways to quilt something - by hand, on your home machine, with a long arm machine or on your embroidery machine. Guess which one I'm going to talk about today?! (#spoileralert Check the title!) When I was loaned the Janome Skyline...
Spring Bunny Quilt Block
I am overwhelmed by the amazing comments and emails in response to my last post! Thank you, thank you! It reminds me just how much I am not in my own sewing bubble, and how the DIY community is so lovely and supports it's people so well. I already feel more energized...
Where I’ve Been and Where Things are Going.
Can NOT even believe the last time I wrote here was halfway through March, and now it is already into April and almost Easter. I've spent a lot of time on the couch thinking the last few weeks was due to as-yet undiagnosed vertigo and tiredness that doesn't seem to...
March Break Madness, Winners and Easter
Hi there, how is your week going? We've had a "week off" for March Break, no school for the kids, and the usual juggling and scrambling for my husband and I! Lots going on (including these adorable sock bunnies!) and in the middle of it all, I decided to get a...
#FQS Blog Tour: Pienkel and Made by Sara
Woohoo, it's Fri-Yay! And I've got two more skirts for Day 5 of the Fat Quarter Skirt Blog Tour! First up, Nienke from Pienkel with her daughter's fairytale-perfect skirt. Nienke has nailed the fabrics on this one - what is more perfect than a little girl's skirt than...