Yesterday I shared the quilts I made and gifted for Christmas, except the two that I am still working on, of course. Today I am sharing everything but the quilts – a sampling of the runners, towels and pillows. “Man Cave” Pillows I have seen a version of these at craft shows and made my…

I haven’t been doing craft shows this year, so I wanted to focus the little sewing time I had available to a handmade Christmas. I was pleased with my productivity – here is the output by the numbers: 4 quilts (plus two more still to finish) 7 pillows 7 table runners 9 embroidered towels 1…

I had a meeting in midtown today and got there early. I decided to go for a walk, and amid the hustle and bustle of the NYC fashion district, I found the gem that is Gotham Quilts. I knew the shop was around here somewhere, and follow them on Insta (Gotham Quilts), so I was…

Maddie pledged and was initiated into a business fraternity at RIT and is now all about her letters. So much so, that when she came home for Thanksgiving break, all she wanted was for me to make her some letter shirts. It was a really fun project, and I can only assume there are other…

Our friend Chris turned 30 in February. I had started making him a birthday quilt, scrappy blues and the Tula Pink City Sampler, but after 4 blocks I knew that it was too scrappy for Chris’s OCD. That quilt would have driven him nuts. So when I saw Moda’s True Blue line, I knew I…

I am in an Instagram Christmas mini quilt swap and have wanted to do wonky Christmas trees for some time. My partner loves pink for Christmas, as do I, and she especially doesn’t love traditional Christmas color combinations. So I did pink, teal and grey and quilted it with bright pink holly leaves. I hope…

We got a little kitten a month and a half ago, Angus, who will be going to live with Maddie in Rochester for her sophomore year. But until next August, he is all ours! We learned that little Angus likes the sewing room. This is Angus last weekend while I was working on a quilt…

A colleague and his wife just had their first baby, a girl named Maisie. When I asked Noah what color what colors they were using for her room, he said that they weren’t doing typical girl colors. So I picked these bright batiks that are strong and bright and should make any baby happy.  The…

Inembellish many of my quilts with embroidery – usually by adding a name to a baby quilt. It is an awesome way to take an already very personal gift and make it truly one of a kind. Lately I have started experimenting with mini quilt wall hangings that I am really enjoying. I started these…

It is hard to believe, but Madeline is off to college. She is all settled in as a freshman at Rochester Institute of Technology and is off to a great start. When she started planning her dorm room, the only thing that was for certain was that she wanted something very modern and it had…