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Christmas· Quilts

Family Movie Night Quilt: Sewing with Novelty Fabrics

Today I am finally going to share a quilt that I made for my sister in law for Christmas. It's a family movie night quilt...a crazy, crazy family movie night quilt. Every family should have one of these...we had one growing up as kids that we drug around everywhere: on vacations, in the van, for sleepovers, where ever...and it was crazy.  So I just wanted to continue the tradition for my brother's family. So the first step was finding the right fabric. Which wasn't too hard. ... View the Post

Announcements· The Art of Homemaking

Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise (An Art of Homemaking Post)

This summer at my house we have no vacations planned and no "staycations" planned...we don't even have a bucket list written. And that's ok. I love vacations, staycations, summer bucket lists, etc. and there is a time and place for all of them...but this year is not our year for those things.  This summer we are doing something different. Over the past few weeks I have had a heightened awareness that my family needs a different kind of summer and as I've thought about the needs of ... View the Post

Guest Post

Quilting the new classics

I love quilting books...a lot.  I probably have at least two dozen of them on my bookshelf.   They are so fun and there is always something new to learn...a new trick, technique, or block.  So when Michelle Muska asked if we would like to check out her new quilt book "Quilting the new classics" of course I said yes! Her book is all about giving a more modern vibe to traditional quilts.  So, she gathered quilters from all over to remake traditional quilt blocks and the results are so much ... View the Post

Celebrations

June 2015 Holidays

It's the beginning of the month which means that it's time for our list of days to celebrate for June!   (And I have to say that I am particularly looking forward to the 5th, the 11th, and of course the 13th.) ... View the Post