Phoebe has been very excited this week  She just got a new nightgown made from Ponies & Princesses from David Textiles! 
We picked up this fabric from the
Missouri Star Quilt Co.
about a month ago and finally got around to making
this adorable nightgown of my own design.

We pleated the neckline in the front and back

With [...]

Yup….It’s true.  I am getting older. (and older and older.)
I had a lovely day though.  Yesterday, Mom told me to take the day off and do something.  So, I went shopping with a good friend  of mine.  It was so nice to get out.  It was a lovely day.
When I got home my kids had [...]

I said I’d work on it and BY-GOLLY I did!!  I spent Tuesday afternoon sewing the rest of the nine patches together, and then cut them up.  I have laid it out several times………trying to find the perfect balance, you know.
I am so excited though, to be this close to finishing it up.  My Katie [...]

So you may have noticed that you have an extra block from your quilt along project.  This happened because you made 7 of each style but you only need 7 of 2 of them and 6 of the last.  Now you can decide yourself, which one to have less of by swapping block positions.  And [...]

Natalie has been BUSY doing several custom T-shirt quilts!  She is having a great time putting them together…..and we all think it is so interesting to see the different quilts take on different personalities.  (depending on the type of T-shirts)

We will be doing a tutorial on this type of quilt coming up…..
They make great gifts.  [...]

Mom is using the Stars Aligned Jelly Roll pattern, and this quilt is coming along nicely!!  We are loving the way the strips come together to make the stars!  SO pretty…..

This is the kind of pattern that would look great in all sorts of color ways!!  I can just imagine it in brights, in pinks, [...]

It’s GRADUATION DAY!
We finally turned the corner on my ankle healing.
The Doctor said to remember that I am NOT healed but that I have finally turned the corner and my X-Ray shows clear sign of bone growth! Still no exercising and back to the boot if there is any pain, but….for the moment I’m free!

Here [...]

We  had the privilege  week ago of hosting the girls of the 4-H group here in Hamilton.  They came to the shop to learn basic sewing skills, and by the time they left they were almost pro’s.  Each girl got to pick out her favorite fabric from any bolt in the shop and then pick [...]

to old ratty jeans!  I mean really we all want to extend the life of our kids clothes, right!?!!?  They wear them out so fast, especially when we are buying them half worn out already! tehehehe.
Today what we did was take a pair of old jeans, and cut them off….
Pretty easy, of course…..But [...]

I have been a fan of Vol.25 now for a while.  I love her artwork…I love that she combines art with words.  When she came out with this latest print, I knew I just had to have it!  So cute, and fits so perfectly in my life right now.
Continually moving is what I am doing…..my [...]

My kids got these great lightweight backpacks for free from their summer school program. They are not very attractive though, and every other kid at school will be carrying the same backpack! So, I thought it would be fun to try some embellishments!For the first one, I tried adding a monogram. I just found a [...]

That’s all it took!  I am a HUGE fan of Sandy Klopp, (the designer of American Jane fabric) and when we got the Snippets line in the shop I couldn’t wait to try something out.
Since I haven’t played around much with the turnovers I got all excited and (with Mom’s help) we whipped this little [...]

We got some fun new fabric in the shop, from the Riley Blake line.  We love it and Natalie had to try it out by making some skirts right away!  Here is Jenna twirling.
Here is another cute skirt and another shot of the cute fabric!  Jenna loved them both, but she says the red one [...]

So, here we are in our shop and …(this is our jaws dropping and hitting the floor),  Elvis walks right in!   Yes it’s true right here in Hamilton!   It seems that Elvis has lost some weight and needed a new grommet put in his belt.
Never let it be said that we are not [...]