The kids are back in school, and things are starting to resume their normal flow, which means you’ll be seeing lots more of me — and trust me, I’ve got lots to show you — starting with the reveal of my second collaboration with Modern Service Quilts, an organization founded by me and two friends that’s devoted to getting more modern honor quilts into the hands of veterans and service members. Meet the newest version of Strip Dash!

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week’s palette is just plain sweet, and I’m all here for it. Rifle Paper Co. creates the best inspiration prints because they frequently have unique color schemes, they include a lot of colors, and the print scale is often small, which means the inspiration print itself is easier to incorporate in the final product. This time, I started with the Rifle Paper Co. tea-party print from their Alice in Wonderland-inspired collection.

It's been a while since I've gotten the chance to do a new quilt reveal! Things had been oh-so-busy around here on the tech-editing side of things (a good problem to have), but it's meant less time for my own sewing. Top that off with general summer craziness, and well, you know how it is. So I'm all the more excited to finally be sharing this finished bright, happy scrappy baby version of the Strip Dash quilt!

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week, I tried to take the palette in a new direction, stretching beyond some of my normal go-to colors. I started with the pink and green Rifle Paper Co. floral as my inspiration print. I love the unusual greens in the print and tried to pull some of them out.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! With the Fourth of July holiday coming up this weekend in the U.S., I thought I’d reach back a bit to a palette that makes me think of my favorite blue jeans mixed with just a hint of patriotism and vintage Americana.

If you’ve been around for awhile, you surely know about my love of big-stitch binding. I already have a tutorial for adding sweet hearts to your binding stitches, but why leave good enough alone? While binding a recent baby quilt finish, I started playing around and came up with another stitch option that I couldn’t wait to share. I’m calling it “stick and stitch,” ha! It basically adds a vertical bar stitch in between the standard running stitch typically used for big-stitch binding. It’s super simple but a fun change of pace.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! You might think I started this palette with the floral canvas print on top, but it actually started with a small stack of Essex yarn-dyed linens. I keep my woven fabrics stored separately from my prints, and as I sorted through the yarn-dyeds, the canvas print caught my eye and clearly needed to be thrown into the mix.

With the 4th of July just around the corner here in the U.S., I thought it might be fun to share a few mockups of Blue Sky Modern Craft quilts in patriotic-friendly color schemes to inspire your quilt-making creativity. While the heat of summer may not seem like the ideal time for a new quilt, consider turning any of these into a picnic quilt or use lightweight lawns for a deliciously cool quilt perfect for light snuggles.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week, I was feeling a simply solids palette, so I headed to my solids stash (I keep them separate from prints — what about you?) and just started pulling colors. My original intention was to stray from my normal color palette, but I’m not sure I strayed very far. What can I say? We like what we like.

Hello, June Quilt Block Mania-ers! Fulling embracing the start of summer around here, this month’s theme was “Under the Sea,” a classic. In addition to my block, you can download blocks from a great group of designers for free* and get started making right away. You’ll find a photo of all the blocks and links to the other designers at the bottom of the post, but first, let me introduce you to my Deco Oyster block!

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! Over on the ‘gram, I revealed my latest handwork project today, and I thought it might be fun to use the quilt’s fabric scheme for today’s palette. At my brother’s request, I designed the quilt based on the cover art of Sturgill Simpson’s “High Top Mountain” album. I wanted to recreate not only the color scheme (brightened up just a bit) but also the feel of the prints used in the art, so I played around for a long time auditioning what seemed like every piece of fabric in my stash.

Did last week’s list of my go-to needle-turn appliqué supplies whet your appetite for more appliqué fun? Well, then you’re in luck, because today I’ve got a new tutorial for you, plus a FREE pattern for you to download to try out your new appliqué skills. Excited? Then, let’s go.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week, I started off by pulling out that fabulous OG Cotton + Steel squirrel print. Their tales and cheeks include this wonderful purply gray blue that I can’t get enough of and which, despite what this bundle might make it look like, is actually pretty hard to find in the fabric world.

I’ve made so many appliqué projects over the years that I’ve definitely been able to nail down my favorite supplies, and I thought I’d share them with you today in case you’re looking to get started on your own appliqué journey or curious to add some new tools to your arsenal.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This week, I thought we’d go all solids in a palette that would be as at home in a Valentine’s quilt as in a floral spring quilt or an early fall, cozy-up-on-the-couch quilt. It’s sweet but not saccharine, comforting but not dull, classic but with a modern feel. I’m calling it Mauvelous.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! Using inspiration prints for their colors alone is a great way to create a palette. I purchased this Scandinavia-inspired print back in the fall and knew the colors would make a great bundle, so I headed straight to my solids.

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! I probably say this a lot, but this is one of my favorite bundles. I named it Spring Melon because, on one hand, it makes me think of honeydew and cantaloupe, but really, it’s like a drippy popsicle on a summer day — sweet, joyful, and uplifting.

Hello, May! I don’t know about you, but I’m excited for warmer, sunnier days ahead — which makes the May theme for Quilt Block Mania particularly relevant. It’s Bug time! This is my first month joining in on the mania, and I don’t know what took me so long. Let me introduce you to my Butterfly Wreath block!

Just in time for Teacher Appreciation Week, I’m swooping in with a new free pattern just for you! The Coffee and a Cookie pattern turns simple embroidery into a sweet mug rug sized just right for a cookie and a cup of coffee or tea. A simple handmade gift combined with homemade cookies and a coffee-shop gift card is the perfect way to show your children’s teachers you appreciate them. But the pattern lends itself to gifts for lots of people beyond teachers, so use it to show some love to anyone in your life!

Happy Fabric Palette Friday! This bundle is giving me all the fun summer feels today. As in past weeks, this one began with an inspiration fabric — those wonderful soda bottles by Rashida Coleman-Hale. It ended up leading to another rainbow stack, but a quirkier one that eschewed primary colors for brighter jewel tones.