Further to my post last week on Sewing Ergonomics, Marguerita sent me this post she wrote on making your own Custom Sewing Desk – Cheap. While not the prettiest to look at, this idea definitely has potential for me. I am loving free-motion quilting, but finding the stress on my shoulders and upper back prevents [...]

Yes, I do need to clean house … no I’m not going to show you photos of the mess. However, a few things I wanted to mention this wonderful Monday morning. If you’ve sent me an email, and I haven’t responded yet, and you think I should have… I apologize. If you don’t get an [...]

Here’s a handy tutorial on Joining Batting pieces together that will help you save money and help the environment all at once. My sewing machine has a zigzag stitch (called double ZZ) that puts three stiches in each zig and zag. I think this would be a great stitch to use for adding strength and [...]

The mailman brought me two wonderful Pay it Forward gifts the past couple of days. Caron from Michigan Quilts sent me this lovely Tulip Needlecase. Tami of Lemon Tree Tales sent this gorgeous Mini Art Quilt. Check out the great hanger on the back … soon to appear on a project of mine too. hehe [...]

There were seven correct answers given for the Quilting Bloggers Give-Away. I accepted two answers as correct. After the United States, which country is most represented in the Quilting Blogers directory? The correct answers are Australia followed by either Canada or the United Kingdom. I accepted both Canada and the UK, as the UK was [...]

I’m super excited, and I hope you will be too, to announce the Quilting Bloggers directory that I’ve built. Several of you have asked or commented about the huge list of Bloggers that used to run along the sidebar of this site. Well, now I’ve organized them into a database and made it searchable, by [...]

The winner for my 6-Month Anniversary Celebration is… *drum roll please* Number 17, Amy, from Wisconsin who wrote, I am from NW Wisconsin. To answer my “favorite” thing about quilting…GOLLY! That’s tough. I enjoy ALL stages, but the quilting stage is my still my weakest part. I love piecing and seeing the quilt top come [...]