Nautical Flag Border Tutorial Coming Soon! Continue reading

I did something unusual this month– I took a vacation! Now you might think that having my own sewing business is vacation every day of the year and you’d be right, but sometimes the artist in me needs to get… Continue reading

I made a big decision after releasing the finishing instructions for the Baltimore Album BOM…  Stitching the gridded border back and forth on my sewing machine got my rotator cuff all aggravated again, and a survey of my friends concluded that… Continue reading

 Here’s a little peek of how our Flower Basket of the months are born… well bloom… the soil is the idea, the water is the work, and the sunshine is thread!     For a monthly series, we like to follow… Continue reading

   I’ve been seeing “Modern” quilts everywhere. The clean white backgrounds, rainbow colors, and simple patterns just make everything look so fresh and easy. I even went as far as to buy a Tula Pink pattern… occasionally I allow myself… Continue reading

Since this is a machine embroidery blog, lets start with my American Beauty UFO… it so deserves a trip out of the cabinet, and yes, I need to finish it! But now for a bit of digression… I always loved… Continue reading

Just put the last stitches on the binding of my Quilt of Valor last night… how appropriate now that it’s President’s Day! So I just thought I’d indulge myself and show it off one last time, and since none of… Continue reading

We certainly are “over the hump” with this project, and hope you are, too!  We just finished the “Twelve Drummers.” We’re taking a trip around the world in this series, but for the drummers we are home again, watching the… Continue reading

   We’re sure you are all getting ready for the big night… but most of us will not be standing elbow to elbow in Times Square or flying the Concord around the globe and celebrating New Year’s ten times over!… Continue reading

I took a break between the “Days of Christmas” to join my college student in NYC for some city sidewalks siteseeing and shopping.  What business I had taking a vacation at this time of year in retail, well, let’s just say… Continue reading