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Snow Angel Quilt Block

Snow Angel Quilt Block

Hello and welcome to a New Year of sewing fun! I hope your new year is off to a wonderful start. Have you chosen one particular quilting/sewing goal to work on this year? Or do you work on multiple projects…

Happy New Year Quilt Block

Happy NewYear quilt block 12" x 12" finished.

First, in the spirit of the season, I wish you all happiness and good tidings. Thank you for visiting my website, attending the summits where I’ve presented, and downloading patterns I’ve designed. Today, I present the last Quilt Block Mania…

Sew Pink and ByAnnie Blog Hop

gold ribbon childhood cancer

Welcome! Today I am participating in the #SewPINK Blog Hop. Join ByAnnie and a worldwide group of sewing community members for our annual SewPINK Blog Hop, which ByAnnie started in 2019. Throughout October 2025, blogs will be going live to…

Oktoberfest Free Quilt Block

Oktoberfest Tryleonhat

My quilt block for October’s Quilt Block Mania celebrates Oktoberfest. In years past, with young children at home, I would sew and quilt Halloween-themed items with them in mind.  The girls are off on their own, and children no longer…

Microchip Quilt Block

microchip quilt block

This month’s free blocks from Quilt Block Mania are designed around the theme of TECHNOLOGY. How many ways can quilters relate to technology? As I found out, in almost everything we do! I designed a microchip block to share with…

Farm Fields Quilt Block

Farm Fields at Dawn Quilt Block

This month QBM designers are featuing FARM-THEMED quilt blocks. Such a variety of quilt blocks for you to gather and make a fun quilt, wall hanging, table runner, or something else! The pattern I designed for this month illustrates the…

Quilt Block with Words

STYLE AND BEAUTY quilt block with alphabet letters

This month, sew my free quilt block, “STYLE AND BEAUTY.” The Quilt Block Mania designers created various quilt blocks for the theme of Beauty We hope you enjoy sewing all of them! I’ll sew my block to the front of…

Recoloring a Quilt Design

Fusion: new fabric line from Island Batik

TODAY, Island Batik fabrics is releasing FUSION, the new fabric line for Swan Amity. The colors are gorgeous, and the textures are fun. Fellow pattern designers have re-colored one of their patterns using FUSION. I’m showing the digital recoloring of…

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