Inspiration

  Do you know why we buy this thread? It’s pretty. We gaze at the shimmery colors and imagine all the wonderful embellishments we can make on our next quilt using this beautiful thread. It is also a favorite for use in decorative machine embroidery. We take it home, thread it through the sewing machine, […]

The Stitch Me Up Embroidery Blog Hop is over. What fun! I pulled some fabrics from my stash to give to one of my new followers. The Random Number Generator says it is number 23. That would be Barb from Bejeweled Quilts!   Congrats, Barb! These will be in the mail to you on Monday:

Welcome to CaliQuilter! Thanks to Madam Samm at Sew We Quilt for organizing these on-going rounds of blog hops. A big thank you to my friend Jane, of Jane’s Fabric and Quilts ,who has kept us organized and been our cheerleader. Next to quilting, embroidery is my favorite needle art. For this hop we were

I joined an Add-a-Border Swap this week. I have been watching the group on Flickr and have been amazed by some of the blocks being made, so I decided to jump in and give it a try. Unlike other swaps and bees, there are no time constraints or expectations about participation. You do what you

This idea is genius! FabMo is a re-distribution center in a small warehouse space at 2423 Old Middlefield Way in Mountain View, California. The founders, Jonathan and Hannah Cranch, came up with this idea after visiting the Design Center in San Francisco. Hannah asked one of the decorators what they did with the out-dated samples