Million Pillowcase Challenge

I am a big fan of supporting local charities with handmade products.  This video is helping to promote the Million Pillowcase Challenge by teaching how to make a quick and simple pillowcase.  My grandson had his tonsils out when he was just five years old.  When he got to the hospital, they let him pick out a new and special pillowcase just for him to have for his hospital stay.  It's this kind of little and simple things that can bring comfort to so many people.  Please enjoy the video and stop in the shop for some cute fabrics to start your projects and be part of the one million.

(This video is just about ten minutes long)

Strip Tube Quilting and Superbowl Savings

We have this great new product in our shop.  It's the Strip Tube Ruler!  

I'll be having a demonstration in the shop this Sunday....

Speaking of Sunday....

the ever popular Superbowl Sale will be happening again!  See below for more details:

SUPERBOWL SUPER SALE

Spend up to $50 and get 10% off

Spend between $50 and $100 and get 15% off

Spend over $100 and get 20% off

Store will be open from 10am - 3pm on Sunday, February 5th

Online Sale will be counted until February 10th.

Cindy and Jina teach "Zipper Flowers"

We have been having a lot of fun experimenting with new things in our shop.  We've got lots of fun zippers and this is just one great video on how to make some CUTE flowers!  You can find zippers on the website and if you stop in to our shop!  

Thanks to Cindy and Jina of Riley Blake Designs for another great teaching video.

Book Lover's Lunch Box

When I was in Wisconsin, my daughter and I stopped in at a local quilt shop (something I love to do when I am traveling) just to look around.  We found this pattern for the "Book Lover's Lunch Box."  Many of you have been asking if I had something like this.  The pattern is designed by Carol Dockery from Quilter by Night Designs.  It's a project that takes six fat quarters.  Because my daughter wanted to make it, she choose the line "Peaceful Planet" by Studio E Designs.  

Just look at how cute this turned out! It stands about 10 inches tall and it 8 1/2 inches wide.  It's great if you wanted to slide a water bottle into it as well.  It also has directions to make reusable/washable snack size bags.

This is another view, showing how easy a book slides into the back pocket.  

Let me know what you think about this! I love to hear your feedback.

Cindy and Jina's Bias Binding

Watch this video from Cindy and Jina of Riley Blake Designs teach how to do a bias binding for your quilt.  I learned something new from this quick 5 minute video!

Christmastime in Wisconsin

Each year my husband and I go to visit our daughter in Wisconsin.  We have had such a great time with them.  From baking to sewing to shopping, it's always just a fun week to set aside everything else and play together.  Because they live so far away, it's nice to know that we'll get this time that is just us together.  

There is a cute little town just up the road from where they live.  Right by their city hall they had a Santa's Workshop, complete with Gingerbread men and candy pops all around. We had to stop and take a picture.  Randy and Jamie are just goof balls, so they were playing around the whole time.

I had never seen a blow up Christmas decoration like this one.  Loved it!  I also loved that Mary has a little air belly on her right now.  Jamie said she'll go back and check to see if the baby Jesus will be there after Christmas.

This was one of our favorite finds!  I've had people in the shop show me this cute "Little Wallet" that Valori Wells has designed.  We popped into the quilt shop in her town and found the pattern.  We thought it would be fun to do a small project together.  We had so much fun making the two reversed wallets, that we want to do more.  Stay tuned, because this pattern is coming to Quilt Patch Lane!!

Christmas...

I love Christmas.  From the perfect number of lights on the tree, the hand decorated cookies, driving around looking for the house with the most lights - it is all fun.  I love how traditions that we started as a young family 30 years ago have shifted to my children.  We always got new jammies for the kids to open on Christmas Eve.  It's been fun to watch my three children do the same for their children.  We also purchased a new ornament each year while the kids were growing up.  They have these ornaments on their trees now, and do the same for their kiddos.  It is hard to not all be together on Christmas each year, but I love waking up on Christmas morning knowing that some of these traditions carry on.

May you have a blessed Christmas and remember the true reason we celebrate is because of the Savior that was born that night.