Scrap quilt project

Any quilters out there?  Hello?

Today I wanted to share a quilt I recently completed (actual pictures of the finished quilt are coming soon) that was fun, easy to make, and allowed me to use up a lot of different fabrics left over from other projects. 

It seems as though in a down economy [...]

Ziggy’s quilt

I’ve been playing catch-up in making quilts for family members and friends who’ve had babies recently (or not so recently now).  Ideally, I’d like to give a quilt immediately upon a birth or even before.  BUT, as I’m juggling this full and happy, if not a little chaotic household, quilts are getting turned out 6+ [...]

Just in case

Just in case you were starting to admire my sewing abilities, I felt it was time for full disclosure… to let you see what I can really do.

The task?

To attach Jude’s first Awana badge to his vest.  Sounds simple, right? 

Because of the little bumps and irregular surface on the [...]

Kids craft apron

After helping make an apron over the weekend, I had the idea to make another apron for a little girl who celebrated her birthday today.  This girl, well she’s not just any girl, she’s Jett’s girl.  Some how, some way, months ago Jude and Jett got the idea that they both had girls.  Jett says [...]

A Group Effort

I cannot take sole responsibility for this next project. In fact, I can only take credit for the art direction and idea… the rest was my sister and my mom. I wanted to make something special for my friend Kelly’s birthday so I utilized the fact that I was going to spend this last Saturday [...]

Beat the Buckeyes Bars

I realize it hasn’t been THAT long ago since you heard from me with the first installment of Peanut Butter + Chocolate=Delicious.  However, Jessie’s sister Emily, created an awesome icon just for MY recipes.  Ummm…excuse me but take a good look, how gorgeous is THAT?  Emily ROCKS.  I feel like I’ve finally arrived as a [...]

Sewing together a quilt topSewing together a quilt top

What is the next step once you have all the blocks for a quilt made?  Sewing the top together, of course!

For the quilt above, directions on how to assemble its blocks are posted here.

To understand the following steps, please keep in mind that the goal is to sew the blocks together into [...]

Prairie Princess, Peanut Butter & Chocolate: We Were Meant to Be Together

Hi! Prairie Princess here.  Can you believe Jessie invited me back to guest blog again?  Weird.  Although between us, I don’t think it has anything to do with me personally, and everything to do with my status on Facebook the other night that stated “just made some peanut butter bars with fudge frosting [...]

My hobbyMy hobby

Most of you know that I’m a quilter.  I am.  I make quilts.  And I’m not your grandma.  Interesting, huh?

Moving along…

I’m working on integrating my love of quilting with this site.  But not the main portion of the site.  Right now those are my thoughts and ideas – nothing I can show you [...]

Sew-fest MidwestSew-fest Midwest

My friend Sara P (frequent commenter on this blog) and I had an all day sew-fest over the weekend and it was fun-fun-fun!  Sara is just beginning to sew; I found her a used sewing machine on Craigslist and instead of just meeting to give it to her, I thought it might be fun to [...]