As October slips into November this weekend, we are suddenly into holiday season, from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas. So often, we find ourselves bringing a bottle of wine to a get-together. So, I wanted to get this tutorial finished for the Wine Tote. Maybe you’d like to give a bottle of wine as a […]
Exciting News!
I wanted to share some exciting news with you today! Some of you may know that I have long been a fan of the twister pinwheel tools. A couple of years ago, my friend Marilyn Foreman (who designs quilts under the name Quilt Moments) told me about the twister tools and she encouraged me to give […]
The McKenna Bag
The McKenna Bag has now completed the testing process, and many phases of editing and proofreading. You can get it in my retail shop as a downloadable PDF. I am so pleased to share tester pictures of the new McKenna Bag. They really are outstanding! This was a fabulous group of testers and it is […]
TESTER CALL – McKenna Bag–NOW CLOSED
THE TESTER CALL IS NOW CLOSED–THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!! I am looking for pattern testers for my new McKenna Bag. It is an intermediate level bag with basic boxed corner construction, a quilted top and lots of interior pockets. I am looking for enthusiastic testers with an eye for detail and interested in having […]
Tote #14 Make a wine tote!
Last week we went over for dinner at some friends and brought a bottle of wine. I was wishing I had made a little tote as a gift. I sewed one up today–and it doesn’t take long–and I am looking forward to giving this one away. There is actually a bottle of wine in […]
Tote #13 Dahlia Tote
Time for another tote! This summer is zooming by but I find that I use totes in the summer more than any other season. Whether it’s off to the beach, or a road trip or a picnic, it seems there’s always a tote in hand. The Dahlia tote is the biggest tote I have ever made […]
Do you twist?
Two years ago, I designed a tote using the Lil’ Twister tool, aptly named the Twister Tote pattern. It is a twist on color-blocking and it was a fun bag to create. I sewed so many of them that year for quilt market and for fabric companies thought that I was done, put a fork […]
Tote #12 Simply Charming Twister Tote
Totes, totes, and more totes! Today I’d like to share with you the Simply Charming Twister Tote! This tote is a quilted tote made with the Lil’ Twister tool. It is Tote #12 in my 21 Totes Project this year– I am now over halfway there, yay! The Simply Charming Twister Tote is also available […]
Itty Bitty Totes Downloadable PDF now available
Today I want to tell you a little more about Itty Bitty Totes. This pattern is available in the Around the Bobbin store as a downloadable PDF pattern right now and the paper pattern is being printed right now for release next week! You may have seen a lot of mini quilts lately and […]
Tote #11 of 21 Totes – The Itty Bitty Tote
Hi all! I had a wonderful quilt market show in Minneapolis a couple weeks ago and I am finally starting to catch up! I launched a number of patterns, including a couple that were “previews” of patterns to come since they were still in testing at that time. So, I thought I’d introduce you to […]
