I just finished up a quilt and it’s one of my favorites I’ve ever made! The last few throw-sized quilts I’ve made were projects I wasn’t thrilled about – I made them to finish up quilts I’d started years go and wasn’t totally in love with the fabric or pattern after all this time (like […]
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How to make an easy and inexpensive DIY nursing tank top
Breastfeeding mommies do I have a treat for you! Did you know that it is super easy and very inexpensive to make your own DIY nursing tank? Sooooo easy! In case you don’t know what that is, a nursing tank clips to a nursing bra and is super handy for people who like to do […]
Super simple and inexpensive DIY cloth napkin tutorial
Once you start switching from disposable to cloth in some areas of your life (like cloth diapers, cloth wipes, and cloth menstrual pads) other areas just come along naturally, like cloth napkins (although I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to make a switch to cloth toilet paper…ewwww). I was hesitant at first about […]
October block of the month
I’ve finished my October blocks of the month…which means I’m finished with all the blocks for my very first quilt! I’m so proud! This month we learned how to do paper piecing. Once I’d done one section and got the hang of it, it turned out to be so easy! I loved it! Paper piecing […]
September blocks of the month
Another month, another set of quilt blocks. This month in my Craftsy Block of the Month class we learned how to do curved piecing using the Drunkard’s Path templates. When I first started trying to pin and sew these pieces together, I got super frustrated. In fact, after I botched the first one, I had […]
August block of the month
After a weekend full of canning tomatoes, tomato sauce, and green beans, I had a bit of a break yesterday and got to spend my Sunday afternoon working on my quilt. I completed my August quilt blocks and, as with every month, I’m already wishing I knew what September’s would be so I could get […]
July block of the month
The July blocks were so fun and so easy to do! I love how they turned out. This month we learned how to do Dresden blocks and made a traditional block and a modern block (although I think the traditional one looked more modern and the modern one looked more traditional…) This was pretty fun […]
June block of the month
After the super fun Wonky Log Cabin block from last month, the June blocks just weren’t quite as exciting. However, they were easy and pretty cute. This month’s “theme” was to learn 9-patch blocks…which are basically just 9 squares sewn together to make the quilt block. We really didn’t learn anything new, though, we just […]
May block of the month
Another month, another two quilt blocks. I am LOVING this block of the month class! The only problem is that each month when we learn a new technique, I want to make a whole quilt just out of that type of block…and now I have several quilts floating around in my mind that I want […]
April block of the month
The two blocks we did for April were totally different from any of the others we have learned. The main difference was that these were done almost entirely by hand. To make the hexagons we used a method called English paper piecing where we cut hexagons out of card stock, wrapped the fabric around them […]