I just made the most adorable quilt for a little child. It uses the panel from Gingiber for Moda Fabrics called “Thicket”. It’s woodland animals and it’s so cute, dramatic, different! It is truly unique. All I had to do was border it out. But I wanted to do something with it that was worthy of a fabric called “Thicket” that had to do with woodland animals. So, I put

I would really love to do a sew-a-long with the blocks and I am sure that we will. I am pushing on to get all 50 done. I have the patterns, but I don’t have them all sewn yet. I can’t release the pattern until I have tried it myself and have it done. Even when you think it all seems right, you can be fooled. So, I don’t want

Come and improve your knitting skills with this fun and informative breakfast club. For $10 learn a new technique each month and make friends. Enjoy coffee and a small breakfast treat. Instructor Barb Bending. Call to reserve your spot at 920-748-2905 between 10 and 5. Off hours call 920-517-1910. Space is limited. Must be able to cast on and knit and purl with beginner skills. Receive a 10% discount on

As anyone can see, I have been on a double gauze kick of late. I love the fabric. It took quite a bit of convincing from my Shannon Fabrics rep, Margaret. She was sure that I would love the stuff. But, I was slow to catch on. What is unusual about that is that I love to be the first to try any new fiber being introduced into the quilt

So, this darling girl opened a shop in the UK. She fell in love with my umbrellas, and wanted to know where she could get the umbrella frames for her shop. So I told her I would ship some to her. They made the trek across the big pond where she was very excited to receive them. We talked about the best way for her to conduct the classes. We

On my website, in my Etsy shop, I have been adding State Blocks. These blocks are paper pieced. I am definitely going to do all 50 states. Of course, Wisconsin was first. It was inspired by my Row-by-Row Block. There are so many different things that you can do with these blocks. You can make throw pillows, placemats, table runners, and of course quilts. You could put them in a

So you’ve all heard about the ruffle fabric in my various posts. I love it. There is so much to love about it. One of the best things is that it requires no hemming. Yes, that’s right. If you make a skirt out of it you don’t need to hem it. Wait, wait. Back up a bit. What is ruffle fabric? Okay. A few years ago at Quilt Market, I

I love this fabric and I had to make a skirt using it. It screamed summer skirt! My daughter probably could use one. Hmmm….I made it for her and then decided that I have to make another one for myself. It is just such great fabric. The fabric is by Luke for Moda fabrics and we have it in the shop. There are a lot of different ways to make

Being an author can be lonely business. While everyone is posting their Saturday afternoon sewing projects on instagram, I am sewing in complete seclusion. When you’re making something for a book, you can’t be flashing it all over the internet, because what publisher will want you to do that? This time it was my daughter. She’s a working mom–a managing attorney for the firm she works for and she also

I think it’s wonderful that all these young people are learning to sew. Unfortunately so many schools have dropped their home ec courses. It leaves a lot of young people high and dry when it comes to sewing skills. I have seen many young quilters that are self taught making a lot of mistakes that can be prevented with some basic sewing knowledge. It is up to us older quilters