I've been digging through my scrap piles, pulling out every useful piece. I swear these piles grow in the dark! So far I've made three new scrap baby quilts, and I have two more lap-size quilts in the works… and I haven’t bought a thing! I thought I'd share my process for turning unused scraps into simple, useful quilts. There really is no scrap left behind… I made a video showing my process and talk a bit about sewing with bias and using a shorter stitch length to get the best results. I...

Would you like to see what I have been up to?! Well, it’s just about time for shamrock milkshakes and corned beef and cabbage :) Maybe not all at the same time, though! Haha!  I'm finally able to share my latest pattern, Clover Hill. This little shamrock block packs a big punch when done in scrappy greens and tumbling in all directions. They work up super fast and are very fun to make. This week, I filmed a new YouTube video walking through the whole process of making the blocks and...

Recently, I've had quite a few questions about machine quilting quilts. Mostly questions about quilting density and the method I use to do my straight lines. I started longarm quilting in high school, back when it was still taboo to machine quilt your quilt - real quilts were only quilted by hand. Over the years, my understanding of what works best has definitely evolved!  So let’s talk about lumpy quilting. People have shown me pictures of quilts where they were disappointed with the...