Listen to Your Machine

Listen to Your Machine

How often do you listen to your sewing machine? I know many of us talk to our sewing machines (or curse at them), but we don’t expect them to talk back. Machines are getting smarter, but hopefully they aren’t that smart. Regardless of whether you talk to...
🧵 Appliqué Apprehension

🧵 Appliqué Apprehension

Flower Fiesta Updated May 2025 to better guide you through choosing your ideal appliqué method—part of the new Appliqué Unplugged series! ✂️ Finding Your Perfect Fit Appliqué can be intimidating, even for seasoned stitchers. I get it—I was once there too. Despite...
Snowflake Whimsy

Snowflake Whimsy

Snowflake Whimsy is underway! I am having so much fun putting this together and want to share what I have accomplished so far.  The first step was washing all of the fabric. Why wash them? There are two very good reasons. The first reason is that fabrics have a little...
Western Spy

Western Spy

Western Spy This week EQ8 announced another block challenge – Western Spy. Think eight-point star meets wreath. Designing with this was fun… piecing it would be a different challenge: y-seams galore! When I saw this block, two totally different ideas came...

Kitty in the Middle Fabrics!

Les Chat Noir (the black cats) fabric from Dear Stella has arrived in shops! I was so excited to get my fabrics. As a designer, I see the pictures of the fabrics before they are released, but they always look so much better in person! The little kitty faces (LW1170...