These placemats will make your table sing a patriotic march every time you look at it! Placemats measure 15” x 19” finished Materials: 1/3 yard navy blue print fabric 1 1/8 yard red print fabric 5/8 yard binding fabric Scraps of batting fabric measuring 16” x 20” or 5/8 yards of 72” wide batting Backing fabric 1 1/4 yard Cutting: Red print-4 rectangles 15” x 19” Blue print-2 squares 12”

So if you’re not an experienced sewist disregard this post. The half square triangles made in this manner will yield bias edges. They don’t scare me because I have been doing this for decades. If you’ve been doing this quilting thing for decades you should be okay. However, if you have and still don’t like bias edges, this may not be the way for you. I like to do them

Like this dress? Yeah, me too. I love the simplicity and playfulness of it. I didn’t create the pattern. I am an expert garment sewist but even expert garment sewists aren’t always trained in pattern drafting. That takes years and years of education and experience. I love to sew garments, always have, always will. To tell you the truth, it’s my true love. I love quilting too but I started

This is a sewing and quilting blog. This is not a political discourse or anything that is meant to be controversial. So, I want to wrap up this project on a happy note. Is that possible? Let me try. There are very good people in this world that are affected by the actions of a few very bad people. When this happens we have to stand together and provide love

Just when you think that the world has gone to hell in a hand-basket, people do something wonderful. We have gotten so many quilts donated for Ukraine. If there’s anything that I cannot stand, it’s to see people being cold. Well we have made the world a little bit warmer. We are boxing up the quilts starting today. There have been so many generous donations. One woman came up on

We have decided to donate fabric to make quilts for Ukraine. We have a lot of participants, and hopefully you have been following our progress so far. The company that I have connected with to ship the quilts is located in Chicago. It is one of their many locations. It’s the closest one to us. When I started this, I knew that I needed to find someone to ship the

We have this pattern available in the shop. However, being who I am, I couldn’t leave “well enough alone”, as my mother would have said. I needed to line it. It only had a facing. I don’t like outerwear to not be lined, and I don’t consider a binding to be as professional a finish as a lining. The lining also provides a little extra protection from the wind. So,

I get so many requests about making the umbrellas. People love them. They’re functional and beautiful. They can be personalized so they make a great gift. Do you have someone that has everything? You cannot possibly buy them a gift because they have all that they need? Well, I would be willing to bet that they don’t have a handmade umbrella. These are extremely sturdy. I have sold over 2000