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We’ve had a lot of cross stitch projects for people at work lately. I finally finished up this one. They are supposed to be bears, but their ears are so long, I usually refer to them as my bunny-bears.

We presented to quilts to some of our co-workers today. Any time someone in DSD is expecting a group of us get together and cross stitchs squares and them make them into a quilt. This one is for Alyssia. I think the pattern is one of my favorites that we’ve done.   This is the […]

I wanted to share a recent quilt that I finished up. This one was actually really easy. We bought the front panel and the back at Hobby Lobby. All I had to do was cut them down, sew them together and finish off the edge.   Here’s a closer look at the fun little animals. […]

I have been waiting for this for awhile now, and I am so excited to announce that Carina’s first fabric line is finally being released. You can check out all of the fabrics on her website: Coquette fabrics I love that Carina is expanding her talents to include fabric. How cool will it be to make […]

This is the quilt that I made for my mom. She picked it out and we made it together, but it’s one that is slotted to stay at her house permanently, so I refer to it as “her quilt”. The fabric is Moda’s Cranberry Wishes line and a nine block pattern. It was made with […]

This is the second installment of Project Mania, and I have another quilt to share. This one is made with the Sunwashed line by Clothworks. The pattern came free with the fabric kit or you can download it off of their site. The blocks and borders are all pieced, and then I hand appliqued the […]