How to Make a Bandana Quilt A while back I was at a big box store and ran across a rack full of different colored bandanas and they were so cute I bought 10. Why 10? I don't know. But I didn't have a plan for them yet...so....why not 10? It seemed like a good round number. Plus they were only $2 soooooo 10 of them went into my cart. Time went by and then one afternoon I was downstairs in the sewing room wanting to work on a quick project...when I ran across the ... View the Post
How to Make a Temperature Quilt
How to Make a Temperature Quilt Today I'm excited to finally share how to make a temperature quilt! I really enjoy making temperature quilts and both of these quilts were made 2 years ago....I even shared them at one of our Mod Bee Quilting Conferences....but I haven't shared them here at Simple Simon until today. Let's start at the beginning: What is a Temperature Quilt? A Temperature Quilt is a quilt that chronicles the everyday temperature of a certain location for an ... View the Post
Zelda Quilt
Zelda Quilt Since it is the handmade gift giving and gift making season....today I am sharing a quilt from Christmas giving past: It is a Zelda Quilt I made for my brother a few years ago. When we were kids Santa brought us the original Nintendo system for Christmas and a couple of games...one of which was the Legend of Zelda...and we played that game for hours and hours and hours. The game seemed to follow us around as we grew up...and has always been one of my brothers ... View the Post
UFO to TFO: Pre-Cut Civil War Reproductions Quilt
UFO to TFO: Pre-Cut Civil War Reproductions Quilt Today I'm happy to share another UFO (UnFinished Object) that has turned into a TFO (Totally Finished Object). Over a decade ago (yes...over a decade ago) I bought a beautiful pack of precut Civil War reproduction 5" squares at a local fabric shop. I'm a sucker for reproduction prints and I have opened and thumbed through that pack many times. Now while these squares were patiently waiting on one shelf there was an entirely ... View the Post
The Lucky Star Quilt Pattern
The Lucky Star Quilt Pattern The Lucky Star Quilt Pattern has been a long time in the making. It started out as a how-to years ago...then a tutorial several years after that...then a pattern for the Mod Bee last year...and finally, today, a PDF pattern available HERE in our shop. I have made several versions of this quilt....all with different types of solids. But this version is by far my favorite. Last summer, as we were cleaning out one of my grandma's storage units, ... View the Post
A Bento Box Quilt from the Past
A Bento Box Quilt from the Past It seems that I have made so many quilts for my grandparents that I have forgotten about some of them...and so...recently, as they are being returned to me, it feels as though I am being reacquainted with my old friends. And today I get to share another one of my old, almost forgotten friends. It was one of the first dozen or so quilts that I ever completed from start to finish....and I was so proud of it that I couldn't wait to give it to my ... View the Post
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