Once again, a Happy New Year to all! Ours has started with a bang– the January Cross Stitch mug rug has really sold well, and so we think there are many people with fond memories of this glorious pastime! The… Continue reading

New Year’s Eve is a great time for reflection, and we thank you SEW much for stitching a long with us this year. It is a tremendous privilege to connect with the worldwide community of sewing, full  of people who… Continue reading

It is so hard to believe another year is ending,  and we are so happy to have a set of thirteen birds to show for it! It is with great pride that we look over the past year and see… Continue reading

Christmas is our favorite time to stitch… we love spending the weeks before Christmas making special, handmade gifts for those we love. But this Christmas, we’re going to sneak some time in on a project just for ourselves! We have… Continue reading

Charm packs, those little 5″ x 5″ fabric swatches, have been around for a while, and we’re sure fortunes have been made coming up with ways to use them. The machine embroidery community, on the other hand, has totally ignored… Continue reading

  Today we are stitching along with the Fat Quarter Shop to see if a quilt can be a QUICK Christmas gift! Face it— if we, as quilters, were looking for a hobby that delivers faster results with less precision,… Continue reading

I never really understood the whole precut thing– I’ve always been a fat quarter girl. Then I subscribed to the Fat Quarter Shop Sampler Boxes and a “Charm Pack” was one of their favorite things to put in it. Then… Continue reading

At the end of every summer, The World Quilt New England show comes to New Hampshire and what a treat it is!! I have been to my share of quilt shows, and while all leave you feeling inspired, after viewing… Continue reading

There are so many things to LOVE about fall–  the crickets chirping at sunset, a red carpet of leaves to walk on, pumpkin spice flavored everything– but one of the BEST things is that it’s time to start sewing again!… Continue reading

In between thread changes of embroidery designs, I sometimes resort to stitching up someone else’s pattern for relaxation—I do feel guilty about NOT working on my own original art, but in this case, it’s even worse—I pieced a KIT, so… Continue reading