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Patterns· Quilt· Quilts

A Quilt Kit for When Skies Are Grey

When Elizabeth and I were designing our "When Skies Are Grey" fabric line the ideas came from the song "You Are My Sunshine".  It was a song that our parents and grandparents sang to us when we were children and that we in turn sing to our children. You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away I love that song. And recently it came to mean something else. I have a ... View the Post

Giveaway· Patterns· sewing· Skirts

Knit Pencil Skirt Pattern Skirt-A-Thon

Today we are excited to have our first ever Skirt-A-Thon with our knit pencil skirt pattern.  (That comes in both PDF and Paper versions.) This summer we quietly released our knit pencil skirt pattern...a pattern that we LOVE and use often for ourselves...and today some fabulous ladies from around the blogosphere have kindly sewn up our pattern into skirts for themselves and are sharing them with you today! ... View the Post

Patterns· Quilt

New Pattern Release-The Scrappy Sawtooth Quilt

We are so excited to be releasing a new quilt pattern today! This quilt has been long in the works but now it's finally written and illustrated and ready for you to make lots of beautiful quilts. The quilt pattern--known as The Scrappy Sawtooth Quilt Pattern--is exactly that, a way to use up scraps or even use pre-cuts to make some lovely quilts. This quilt block first showed up last year, on instagram as just a single quilt block but now the pattern is finally ready! The Sawtooth ... View the Post

Halloween· Home Decorating· Patterns· Seasonal· Tutorials

Halloween Candy Corn Pillow (A How To)

Today we have a quick "How To" for making a Halloween Candy Corn Pillow. For this project we used: *Home Dec weight fabric in black *Yellow, White, and Orange felt *Matching Thread *A 16″ x 16″ pillow form (these can be purchased online HERE, at your local craft store, or even at Wal-Mart)   INSTRUCTIONS: To make these pillows you can use the printable instructions found in HERE. It will give you step by step all the measurements and cutting instructions.  Just ... View the Post