While my Baby(Lock) was at the spa…
… I seized the opportunity to clean up the sewing room. Especially the sewing table. Feast your eyes. It has not been that clean since I first moved the table in here. The tidiness lasted about one...
View ArticleJuly Block of the Month
This fun block comes from Victoria at BumbleBeans. This is four of them, in Kona snow, a red batik, and some leftover Martha Negley leaves. These fabrics all happened to be laying around the studio...
View ArticlePillows!
These new quilted pillow covers have been a long time in the finishing, and then hung around almost as long in the to-be-photographed queue. The two on the ends are the result of turning Jackie’s...
View ArticleMore Pillows!
As promised, better views of quilted pillow covers in the background here. The first is a charming “Friendship Star” that was the Bloggers Block of the Month for last October. Hey, at least it got...
View ArticleAnd even more pillows!
I made the fronts for these three EONS ago. Even if I could remember for sure I’d be too embarrassed to tell you how long they sat in the “half-constructed pillow covers” pile. Yes, there is a...
View ArticleThe last batch (for now), promise!
This one started out as a self-challenge to use an FQ of the ugliest color I have ever encountered: a dark mauve that came in a purple Kona FQ assortment and that appeared at first glance to be...
View Article“Gift Wrap” Pillow Pattern
Just in time for the holidays: A fun little pillow that looks like a gift-wrapped package, which makes it perfect for gift-giving! The “boudoir” size (12″ x 16″), which has the pattern on both front...
View ArticleGiveAway Day!
In honor of Sew Mama Sew GiveAway Day, I’m thrilled to be giving away three copies of a brand new GIFT WRAP Pillow pattern. (It’s so new it’s not in my Etsy shop yet. Now available in the VdeH Etsy...
View ArticleCongratulations, Winners!
Winners of the Gift Wrap Pillow Pattern are: *~*~* Michelle Smith *~*~* Joyce Mitchey *~*~* Wanda Heath *~*~* PDF patterns have been emailed. Enjoy! Thanks again to everyone who...
View ArticleGift Wrap Baby Quilt
VdeH is celebrating Bloggers Quilt Festival with the reveal of the Baby Quilt version of “Gift Wrap“. This pattern, in all its many variations, has been living in my head for such a long time now. I...
View ArticleCatchUp Week Bonus! XMas in August
My LQS was having its fall class preview party in early August, and Mariah asked if she could teach my Gift Wrap Pillow pattern. “I’d be delighted” I said, being far too over-committed to take on...
View Articleon the design wall (WIP Wednesday)
My design wall is filling up with future pillow-covers and some improv minis. I’m very into 8-pointed stars at the moment, and in my quest to finish as much as possible this year have decided to turn...
View ArticleWonky Web QAYG pillows
There’s a little boudoir pillow (12″x16″) that lives on my lounge chair out on our deck. What with the sun and salt air and drifting drizzle (we only bring the chair cushions in when it’s really...
View ArticleLet it be known…
… that at the mid-point of the year, I officially pulled ahead on my 2014 “finish more than I start this year” count. (I’m counting as “new starts” only those projects for which fabric was first cut...
View ArticleScrappy Hexies Pillow
This is the pillow cover I made last month from the panel of random scrappy hexies described as item #5 on my Q2 Finishalong list. I did a very quick “quilt-as-you-go” thing, by centering the hexies...
View ArticleHoliday Star Pillows (new pattern!)
I’ve had so much fun sewing up Octagon Star pillows from cute holiday fabrics! Want to make some of your own? (there’s still time before XMas!) The Octagon Star Pillow pattern is now available on...
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