I can’t believe it has been years since I posted in this space but I enjoy revisiting old projects and so I wanted to include these photos as sort of a journal of projects. It has become a bit of a passion to create two color quilts with low volume backgrounds and since I hadn’t…
Contemporary: A New Quilt Pattern
Two years ago when the world flipped upside down, I found myself at home with my entire family & hundreds of low volume fat quarters. To keep myself sane, I started cutting and stitching and made my first low volume background quilt. It’s hard to believe the years have passed the way they have, but…
Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice
About a month ago I had a bit of a color craving, if you will. I wanted something cozy and sweet, but not in any of my traditional color schemes. Nothing would do but I worked with these spice shade hues. I chose to make over my Sonnet quilt pattern I had created in a…
Sunny Days Ahead – A Yellow Bear Paw Quilt
While I am feeling better (and enjoying this cheery, yellow quilt!) I want to say thank you for the comments on my last post! It is so nice to know I am not alone in this anxiety. This last month I really needed something sunny. Bright & cheerful were the order of the day! So I…
Patchwork Pincushion Ideas: The Perfect Scrap Project
Before I tell you about my new favorite quilting projects, all solid cotton fabric in my little shop, westwoodacresfabric.com, is on sale for 20% off with the coupon SOLID20. The sale ends May 3rd. These patchwork pincushions have been such a great distraction. A friend on instagram pointed out there are two kinds of crafters…
The Better Angels of Our Nature
From time to time, it falls on all of us to lift someone else. It doesn’t matter who that person is, or why they stand in need, when others are hurting, it hurts us, too. My husband and I made a deal very early on in our marriage, when we were still sleeping on the…
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