Today I'm here to talk about a wonderful annual charity quilt drive put on by Katie Blakesley of Swim, Bike, Quilt and the DC Modern Quilt Guild called 100 Quilts for Kids. The idea is simple, Make a quilt or two. Donate it to a child in need, locally if you can. Link up your donated quilts for a chance to win some great prizes! Need some motivation? Join in on the 100 Quilts for Kids Quilt Along! We all have a "quilts to make" list a mile long, so for my stop on the blog hop I wanted to…

Free plus quilt pattern, a modern take on a fast & easy plus quilt. Beginner friendly & includes pdf template. Made with 5-inch squares and is fast to sew!

I use this quilt all the time, for naps and as an extra layer on my bed. She is one of my favourites. Today I realized I have not shown her off properly here as a finish. She was made with Amy Butler fabrics and a Three Sisters Paris Map print and finished at about 55" x 60". This quilt took a morning to invent and piece, I shared that with you here. The quilting was fast too, I just sewed straight lines on either sides of the seams, which makes a nice pattern on the back too. The binding is…

I just took a quick inventory around my house and counted at least 12 quilts that still need to be blogged! Now that my busy summer season is winding down I have a lot more time for things like blogging and quilting! I’m pretty excited to be sewing again and I’ve missed it so much. […]

DOWNLOAD THE FREE PDF PATTERN HERE! I’m slowly but surely working on catching up with all the completed quilts around here. This blog pretty much serves as a place to document completed quilty projects. Today is a simple plus quilt. I started this one back in July at a weekend retreat with friends and finished […]

One great thing about being quilters is that the new babies in our family never arrive to this world without a baby quilt. It’s always...

After 17 years of marriage you'd think my husband would have a million quilts to call his very own. But sadly, that wasn't the case (unless one super soft, flannel, tied blanket that I made him for o

This is the first time I have made a plus quilt, and I am really liking this pattern. It's so simple (just squares), but I love that it creates a design too. I just now realized that this is actually another pixelated quilt, to go along with the other two I'm working on. When we moved back to Texas a year and a half ago, I was naturally very worried about my school age daughter. I worried more about her than anything else. As it usually goes, her adjustment to new school and new friends was…

The other day when I was doing a little Q and A with our studio assistant Amy, I asked her to tell me her favorite project or thing she'd made. It got me thinking a little about my own favorite projects. There are a lot of little things I've really enjoyed sewing, especially some…