I can’t believe that it has been almost one year since I started my YouTube series called Working Our Scraps Off! I’ve had such a fun time coming up with scrappy fabric projects and this month is no exception. Here’s how to make a modern 4 squares in 1 quilt block. It’s ...
As an Island Batik ambassador I have the pleasure of working with all sorts of beautiful fabrics and this new line, Interurban, from them is no exception. The challenge for the month of February 2022 was to make row by row quilt and I decided to design my own modern blocks for my quilt. The ...
Perfect for your sweetheart, you can whip up this charming project in no time. This is the 10th episode of my YouTube series called “Working Our Scraps Off”. Each month I bring you a small scrappy tutorial and, with Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I thought that this ...
I am in love with the new purple gradation hand dyes from Island Batik. I am a 2022 Island Batik ambassador and this is the bundle of 20 fat quarters that they sent me to work with. Aren’t these colors incredible? For my January ambassador project I made a gradient quilt, but I was lucky ...
It is time for another scrap busting quilt block. As you know, I love my scrappy projects, so whenever I can, I like to come up with fun and easy makes for you. This is episode no. 9 in my Youtube series called “Working Our Scraps Off”. Don’t let the name of the block fool you ...
Well, here we are in December and it is finally time to put our quilt together! I’m so excited to show you final results of the 2021 Stars of the Prairie free mystery quilt. I hope you all had as much fun as I did when putting it all together. If you are interested in this quilt, I still ...
For November 2021, the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to do a blog hop using one of their new fabric lines and the Storm at Sea quilt block. This was a super fun challenge for me. Before this challenge, I had never done this block so I was a bit intimidated. However, using tools that ...
In 2021 I chose to do a lot of large blocks for my Stars of the Prairie mystery quilt. I was not sure how I would like doing so many of them, but wow, do I love them. This is one of them, and I’d love to show how to make a large diamond in a star quilt block. The big center gives this ...
It’s time for a little spooky fun and this mini quilt is a perfect little project that you can put together in no time. It is also episode #8 of my ‘Working Our Scraps Off” YouTube series. Why not get out your favorite costume and learn how to make a scary eyes mini quilt? I ...
Fabric scraps…I think it is a pretty good bet that if you quilt then you have lots of them on hand. I am always looking for ways to use mine up since I hate throwing them out. Learn how to make a scrap fabric quilted collage with this easy method. It is basically like painting a picture ...
With a name like blueberry pie, this geometric block does not sound like it belongs in the quilting world, but wow is it stunning. It has a lot of half square triangles in it which means that it is right up my alley. I love half square triangles. This version is also a nice big block. It ...
