Simple Simon and Company

Celebrations

Days to Celebrate:  July Holidays

Tomorrow is the first day of July. (I can't believe that June is over!)  And so that means we need to list the days to celebrate for the upcoming month. There is always something to celebrate...everyday is special and the month of July is no exception.  Dates I plan to observe this month (aside from the 4th) are the 9th, 13th, 20th, and the 24th...and maybe a few others!  :) ... View the Post

Saturday Sewing Linky Party

Sewing Saturdays at Simple Simon and Company #9

Hello! Welcome to our 9th week of Sewing Saturdays!  Hooray! Now...before we get to it we have a few announcements to make.  Next week we will begin our month long Skirting the Issue Event here at Simple Simon and Company.  We love this event and are so very excited for these next few weeks. As part of Skirting the Issue this year we will be hosting a sewing night for all of you locals where we will get together, snack, visit, and sew up some skirts for foster care girls!  Date, time, and ... View the Post

Celebrations

Homemade Frozen Lemonade Recipe

One Spring during my college years I lived in Portugal and we had the most glorious lemon tree out our front door.  Our hosts told us we could pick as many as we would like...and little did they know, we girls could drink a lot of freshly made lemonade.  I didn't know about simple syrup back them so we just used straight sugar...and we would always have a ring of sugar around the bottom of our glasses, but by golly those were the best glasses of lemonade I have ever had.  It was so hot outside ... View the Post

Projects· Quilting

Easy Quilt Tutorial

When we did our quilt giveaway a month or so ago, I had several questions asked about how I put that quilt together.  So, today I thought I would do a short easy quilt tutorial that you can make in an afternoon.  This quilt-top is also a great scrap buster because you can use your big and small strips of 45 inch fabric to make up tons of tops for not a lot of money. Strip quilts were one of the very first quilt tops I started making, but I found that while 45 inches wide is a great size for ... View the Post