When the people over at Mollie Ollie reached out to me and asked me if I would be interested in taking a look their caddy, it did not take me long to make up my mind. After receiving it, I can tell you that I am happy that they asked me to do a Mimmo caddy product review. I can’t wait to ...
The Patterns by Jen 2021 quilt along continues with my April block for the color challenge. This month’s color prompt was red cherries. I wish it was cherry season here, but not yet. In keeping with my prior months, I am using the same gray and white background fabric. I have been using ...
For the Island Batik Ambassadors, April 2021 was a free month where we could choose any type of project that we wanted to make. It was all up to us! What fun that was! I decided to let the fabric talk to me, and that is how I came up with my Island Batik April Challenge Quilt. As soon as I ...
I am excited to announce a new monthly series called “Working Our Scraps Off”. Each month I will be presenting a new scrap busting project. From quilts to bags and everything in between, these will be easy designs. It will be a great way to use up some of those fabrics scraps you ...
Picture this…you are in a quilt store and you see the perfect fabric. You say to yourself that you are going to make a gorgeous quilt with it. It’s the focal fabric you have been looking for. You buy some yardage and then buy a bunch of coordinating fabrics to go with it. Once at ...
Every month of the 2021 Island Batik Ambassador programs brings on a new challenge. For March it was a scrap busting quilt. If you have followed my blog or social media, you know that I absolutely adore scrap quilts. In fact, the scrappier the better in my opinion. I went with all blue scraps ...
This month I am honored to be one of the featured bloggers in the Patterns by Jen 2021 Monthly Color Challenge. I have been participating in the challenge for three years and this is the second year Jen has featured a few of my blog posts. I really enjoyed making the March block for the color ...
Whether you are just starting out, or you have been quilting for years, sometimes you just want to save some money. Let’s be honest, quilting is not necessarily the cheapest hobby around. From fabric to notions, the price for making even one quilt can go up pretty quickly. That is why ...
Each month the Island Batik Ambassadors have a challenge project to do. Our assignment for February 2021 was to create for a cause and the challenge was to use one of their new fabric lines. Now that is my kind of project! Not only will my quilt be going to a good charity, I get to use some ...
Reminding me of spools, this month’s block for the Patterns by Jen 2021 Monthly Color Challenge may look tricky to assemble, but it’s not. A lemon was the prompt for this month, so you know it has to be bright yellow. I went for the brightest yellow I had for my February block for ...
In an earlier blog post I announced that I was one of 24 Island Batik Ambassadors for 2021 and that I would be presenting a video showing all of the wonderful products I received. Well that time has come, and I’m excited to say that my Island Batik Ambassador unboxing video is now up on ...
