I just returned from a little Florida get-away with 2 of my siblings.
After a beautiful week of 80 degrees and sunny skies, I returned home to this…
And now it’s back to designing…
To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve designed a new Gnome.
The LEPRECHAUN GNOME is a sweet little guy with a nose made from a fabric yoyo. So cute! This newest St. Patty’s block will join my other leprechaun creations:
LUCKY LEPRECHAUN is still one of my favorite St. Patty images. The smoke swirls are very suble, and are created from my free motion quilting.
LEPRECHAUN is another cutie. See even more of my St. Pat’s designs HERE.
Please join me this Saturday at the Winter Quilt Show in West Bend, where I will be vending and lecturing on paper piecing.
Great thanks to Carla from “Creatin’ in the Sticks” for all her work arranging today’s Winter Blues blog hop. Since blue has always been my favorite color, it is a joy to participate in this blog. Please don’t forget to leave a comment to participate in my Give Away.
If you are like me, you stave off those winter doldrums by sewing. Let’s start with 2 of the paper pieced CARDINAL BLOCKS from my CARDINAL TABLE RUNNER pattern.
I’m using these two cardinals.
I’ve been wanting to sew some new winter pillows and these blocks will be perfect! My CUTE AND CLEVER FARM AND FOREST ANIMALS book has an adorable 12″ pillow pattern.
See that cute little bunny pillow on the cover of the book? That’s the pillow I will be making with my cardinals.
I found this lovely blue sparkly fabric at JoAnn Fabrics.
I love how they turned out! Here they are in my living room. The little red berries are tiny buttons.
I will be GIVING AWAY a digital copy of this pattern to one lucky person who LEAVES A COMMENT BELOW. The winner will be announced the week after the Winter Blues Blog Hop.
Thanks so much for visiting our hop! Please visit the other bloggers participating.
These super sweet penguins wearing a cute collection of different hats make a fun wall hanging or table topper. The penguins are paper pieced, and the flowers are appliqued.
I am so excited to be part of the 2019 Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop hosted by Carol of Just Let Me Quilt. I hope you will visit the other bloggers and enjoy their many yummy cookie recipes.
I am a paper piece pattern designer from Wisconsin, and I LOVE to create holiday patterns. Last Christmas I designed this HOLIDAY BUDDIES table topper .
These CAROLING BUDDIES would make an adorable set of holiday potholders.
Let’s make some cute as can be Christmas cut out cookies to match my new potholders. My cookie recipe collection has been growing over the years. Some of my favorite Christmas cookie recipes were shared by friends and co-workers. The recipe I am sharing with you is for Christmas cut-out cookies and was shared by my secretary at school, Marge. I have always loved these cut outs, and they work especially well for thicker cut outs, which are my favorites! You can click on the title of the cookie to get a downloadable PDF version for your recipe files.
We had an early season snowfall in Wisconsin…check this out.
Last week…
Today! Is this what they mean by “snow on the pumpkin”?
The Cat’s Meow
This is my newest Halloween quilt design, THE CAT’S MEOW. My very creative customer Mary created this sweet wall hanging, using this pattern.
Every time Mary makes a quilt, she makes an extra block to add to a sampler quilt. She is saving this bat block to include in her future quilt. What a great idea!
