Lonna's Block
My "round" of stitching is complete on Lonna's block for the Floral & Roses (traditional) round robin at Crazy Quilter's International Facebook Group. It was a joy to work on this block! There...
View ArticleDenim anyone?
Cloud9 Fabrics has some beautiful fabric collections! They have several wonderful collections of tone-on-tone and small print pieces. Recently, I got these...which are actually denim! They are from...
View ArticleDearStellaDesign
Love when the mailman brings me a package...don't you? :) Today, these gorgeous fabrics from Dear Stella Designs (Chroma Basics collection) arrived. They are lights to medium values and will pair with...
View ArticleAndover Fabrics
I posted the other day about some denim from Andover Fabrics...but I got my packages mixed up in my head (not a hard thing for me to do apparently)...the denim was from Cloud9Fabrics. I have updated...
View ArticleGorgeous Fibers
Today I'm working on one of the round robin blocks and have gone through so many drawers, containers, etc. looking for just the right fibers. In taking this "journey" around my sewing room it reminded...
View ArticleLinda's block (progress report)
While not finished...thought I'd share what I've done so far. Linda's block is the last block for me to mail in the traditional Floral & Roses round robin. Since I'm the last person to work on...
View ArticleArtist Trading Card Swap -- Come Join in the Fun!
Have you seen the fun swap that Crazy Quilt Quarterly is organizing? It's open to anyone in the USA that follows the rules and submits on time! So, do you like to work on Artist Trading Cards? Do you...
View ArticleAnnouncing a "Stitch Along" group for my latest book of seams...
I'm going to begin stitching EVERY SEAM of my Crazy Quilting Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs Book soon. I thought you might want to join in and stitch them yourself! I know a lot of my blog followers...
View ArticleFall Cleaning & Organizing: Home Tour
It's been a tiring and yet really rewarding few days. I've been going since morning to night and getting into bed usually after midnight. What have I been doing? Well...sit back and let me catch you...
View ArticleFinishing Hexagon Blocks -- Easily!
Do you like creating hexagon shaped quilt blocks for crazy quilt embellishing...but don't like to create and attach the "binding" along the edges? If so, you might like this method of finishing...
View ArticleTQC-201 MugRug (Traditional Quilting Course) is OPEN for Registration 19-21...
Traditional Quilting Course (TQC) - October 2017 Free Online Machine Piecing Course This new class was first offered last year, and it went over fabulously! So, here it is again...a TRADITIONAL...
View ArticleMore Silkie Images Available on Etsy Shoppe
If you are in need of some image sheets for printing, there are twelve new sheets just loaded to my Etsy Shoppe page. All of these images are sized to either 2" wide or tall depending on their...
View ArticleCrazy for Hexagons
I just included a brand new pattern in my Etsy shop that would be ideal for crazy quilting. Here is the concept and the pattern page cover. The cost is $5.50 as a pdf full color download. The pattern...
View ArticleQuick Cajun Stew
Ingredients: 2-4 boneless chicken (I used 2) 1-2 polish kielbasa sausage (I used 1) 1 yellow or vidala onion 1 can stewed tomatoes 1 bag frozen cut okra 1/2 to 1 cup instant rice 1 can, Blue Runner...
View ArticleFancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-Long...starts 1 November
Just one more day until the new Crazy Quilt Stitch Along series...Fancy Seam Designs begins! We will be posting a seam a day until ALL 500 seams in the book are done. What book? Well that is my latest...
View ArticleFancy Seam Designs - Day #1
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting - Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs, by Kathy Seaman Shaw (available at Amazon.com) Today is Day #1,...
View ArticleFancy Seam Designs #2
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting - Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs, by Kathy Seaman Shaw (available at Amazon.com) Today is Seam #2...
View ArticleFancy Seam Design #3
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting - Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs, by Kathy Seaman Shaw (available at Amazon.com) Today is Seam #3...
View ArticleFancy Seam Designs #4
The Fancy Seam Designs Stitch-a-long is a challenge to stitch all 500 seams within Crazy Quilting - Volume III: Fancy Seam Designs, by Kathy Seaman Shaw (available at Amazon.com) Today is Seam #4...
View ArticleFancy Seam Designs - Page 9 seams
Isn't it great to have friends! Even here in cyber-land...I'm so thankful to have some good friends. A very favorite is Katie Bock, she and I have worked together on several publications this past...
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