I've been known to dabble in funky choices for quilt backs from time to time. And when I say funky, I mean strange garment department fabric that oddly works out really well. I found yet another one to try, and I’m pretty happy with how it came out! I had three quilts to back and quilt this week, so I decided to try terrycloth (as in beach towel fabric) on one of them! Here you can see the backings for all three quilts. The blue one is terrycloth, the gray one is sweatshirt f

My latest pattern is here! And, it’s named after my favorite time of year :). I've been working on this super fun quilt for a couple of months now. I finally get to show you all what I have been up to, and just in time for some of our longest days of the year! We have twilight till almost 10 pm here in the PNW-I love it! So, let me introduce you to Long Summer Days! You won’t believe how simple it is! You guys have seen me break down complex-looking quilts into a simple proc

Have you ever started with a plan all worked out in your mind, only to have it change before you finished? That's the story of this week's blog, and I'm so glad it worked out the way it did! I started to make a bunch of Dresden Plate blocks to work into a table runner (that part was in the original plan). This is the perfect way to use up odds and ends leftover from other projects. I cut a heap of 2½” x 5” rectangles in various shades of red and blue. I used an 18-degree wedg

I have a problem with crumbs… and not the kind found in your kitchen 🙂 These little packs of 2½” squares (called crumbs) are sent to me whenever new fabric lines come out. I love looking at them, but then I feel guilty if I don’t find a way to use them! So, this week I grabbed a couple of complementary packs, one solid and one floral print. I paired them up in four patches with two solids and two printed squares in each. In the end, I got (20) four patches out of the two cru