Local Quilt Store – Quilts N’ Bloom

I am lucky to have several wonderful quilting and fabric stores in my area.  They all provide fabrics and notions that appeal to different clientele, meaning that my area is rich in ideas and inspiration for quilting. The first store that I want to feature is the shop closest to me, Quilts N’ Bloom, which…

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Quilts Quilts Quilts

My husband recently brought to my attention that I may have a problem with quilts.  They are everywhere in my living room.  And I mean everywhere.  The only thing I haven’t done is to lay one on the floor like a rug. My husband thinks I may have a problem. Any ideas on how to…

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A Tiny Addition (to my sewing machine collection)

I stopped by one of the local antique malls over the weekend, hoping to find some inexpensive, but classy jewelry to wear to my brother-in-law’s wedding.  No luck on the jewelry, but when I stopped to look at a vintage camera (they’re beautiful, I always stop for them), I happened upon the most adorable sewing…

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#DayOfLight

Tomorrow is the #DayOfLight! But what is this day of light, you ask? I’m about to tell you. #DayOfLight is the brainchild of Brandi from Mama Knows It All. As part of the #DayOfLight, we, as bloggers, have been asked to share stories of how depression has affected our lives through blog posts and social…

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#thegreatfabricdestash

A couple weeks ago, someone on instagram got the brilliant idea to start a hashtag for a big fabric destashing project.  I think it was @twomoreseconds, as she has a blog post about it. But, what started out as a small destash of fabrics exploded. Almost all of the crafty people I followed on instagram…

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New Year, New Space

With the new year, I decided that I needed a new space to sew in. Ok, it had nothing to do with the new year, and everything to do with finding a permanent place to set up my Featherweight. So, I pulled all of the stuff off my shelves, took everything off the tables, and…

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Sewing 365

If you follow me on Twitter or Instagram, you’ve probably noticed the #sew365 hashtag I’ve been using recently.  I’ve decided that this year, I’m going to make more of an effort to work on my sewing projects every day.  And so far so good.  In the past week, I’ve managed to finish the piecing on…

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Featherweight Help Needed

Thanks to my wonderful husband, and the magic of the internet, we were able to order a new cable to hook to the foot pedal for my Featherweight and get everything installed.  My husband is magic with electricity, and machines of all sorts. However, I still haven’t gotten to do any sewing with my machine.…

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