Bits From The Scrap Basket

My sister, Lorna, is a sewist. She makes the most fabulous bags and has committed to making a custom bag for each member of our family for t...

Spent some time over dueling sewing machines with my sister yesterday. It was the first of many, I hope, and after hours of pattern decipher...

Next block in the series is DONE! This one by Lindsay Mayland. I decided to go renegade on this one... rebellious... even scandalo...

UNCLE! Me and my seam ripper give up! This is the latest block in The Splended Sampler quilt along.  The fifteenth block in the se...

Admittedly, when I saw the Checker Board pattern released as part of The Splendid Sampler series, I was a little underwhelmed. But now...

Alyssa Thomas designed this block for The Splendid Sampler in honor of three generations of crafters in her family - her Grandmother t...

I'm too sad to quilt. I lost my sweet, little Gin yesterday. My love, my sunshine, of 18 years crossed the Rainbow Bridge last night. ...