A peak inside my crazy brain. More accurately, a look at the process and fun stuff I perpetually create.

Here to both entertain and inspire you.

 
(True confession: my sewing room is rarely this neat.)
Looking for a Good Quilt Finish or Just a Step Forward? encouragement finishing process quiltmaking Aug 20, 2024

Let the record show, I was in the mood to finish quilts.

Frankly, like a lot of us, I love to start a quilt. The rush of a new pile of fabric and a cool idea is palpable sometimes. I generally...

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10 Simple Things (10) - Take Smaller Binding Stitches encouragement finishing process tips Apr 10, 2024

This one is for the hand finishers. You may not like what I have to say.

Take smaller binding stitches.

Having judged a whole two quilt shows in my life, as well as seeing thousands of quilts over...

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Future Quilters' Playground finishing playground process Mar 18, 2024

Folks, we are getting close. It feels like forever ago that we started and there is still quite a bit of fiddly work to do, but...

Look at my yellow floors! And white walls waiting for the final...

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10 Simple Things (9) - Trim Your Quilts Well finishing tips Feb 08, 2024

Squaring up quilts scares a lot of people. Try rephrasing it to trimming your quilts.

Truth be told, it is one of my most favourite parts of quilt making. To me, it is the moment when all the...

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10 Simple Things (8) - Square Up and Block Your Quilts encouragement finishing Oct 12, 2023

You've finally finished the quilting on your quilt and need to get it ready for binding. It's time to trim the edges. Personally, this is an exciting time. To me, it's when the quilt becomes a...

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Quilters' Playcation Adventure Sewalong 2022 - The Print Version adventure sewalong finishing play Feb 21, 2023

Inspired by the participants who've already finished their Adventure Sewalong Quilts.

My print version of the sample blocks is all finished. I'm generally not a sashing girl, but it just felt...

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Play for the Fun of Playing

There are no expectations on Quilters’ Playcation. Show up for yourself, hang out, sew as little or as much as you want. Nothing you sew on Playcation has to turn into anything. This is all about giving back to yourself and playing for the sake of playing. 

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