Twice a year, E E Schenck opens its doors for a weekend trade show called “Trends” featuring speakers, open house and teaching sessions at its warehouse and facilities in Portland. Trends is a wholesale show, geared primarily toward quilt shops. If you are not familiar with E E Schenck, they are a large distributor of sewing and quilting […]
Book Club Bag and Sassy Tote Bag patterns converted to PDF
Two more patterns are now available in downloadable PDFs. So if you are looking for instant gratification (well, sort of, except for that whole sewing thing, ha ha), this is your moment . . . but seriously you could start sewing one of these right now! The Book Club Bag and the Sassy Tote Bag […]
Silhouette Cameo Pillows
Hi all, I’m back from market and getting back into things. One of those to-do items is to finish up my Silhouette Cameo pattern I launched at spring quilt market in Pittsburgh last week. The Cameo is getting more interest in the fabric world and it is really exciting what you can do with it […]
To market, to market…
I’m heading off to quilt market today! If you’re not familiar with it, the International Quilt Market show is held twice a year and it is a trade show for the quilting and sewing industry. Mostly people from the U.S. there although there are a surprising number from Canada, Australia, Japan, and a smattering of other […]
Flared Top Baskets – New Pattern
The newest Around the Bobbin pattern is a basket pattern to decorate — and organize — your home. These baskets are fat-quarter friendly. Four fat quarters will make any size basket. Add in some interfacing and stabilizer and you’re ready to go! Maybe it’s time to organize your sewing room. Or maybe your knitting needs […]
Working on . . .
It’s been raining for days in Minnesota. I say if that isn’t sewing weather, I don’t know what is!! Get out your sewing machine 🙂 Last night I finished up the diaper bag for my cousin. I just need to trim the zipper and add a zipper tab and voila! it is ready to go, […]
New Pattern – The Nina Bag
It is time for a new pattern, don’t you think? I am so excited to announce that the Nina Bag is here. I first designed this bag last November so it is definitely time for Nina to arrive! The downloadable PDF version is available now and the paper version is off to the printer today so it won’t be long […]
Working on. . . .
This last week I have been working on pattern testing for new patterns I will be releasing this month – so exciting! So, mostly I have been sewing my new designs which I will show on the blog later this month. I have a new bag pattern and a basket pattern. Stay tuned for more on […]
WIP Wednesdays!
A few years ago, my cousin asked me to make her a diaper bag “someday” when she decides to have a baby. Well, flash forward to now and the baby shower is on Saturday. I thought I’d “whip up a bag” for her. While “whipping up a bag” without a design always takes a little more […]
Would you like to be a pattern tester? Find out how! {Now closed}
***UPDATED 3.16.14***The form is now closed. Thanks so much for all your responses. Wow, I am overwhelmed and so excited to do testing with you. I will get back to all of you, and I am sorry I can’t ask everyone to test this go-around, but there are many projects to come. In fact, I have […]
