Are you wondering how our move to The Netherlands will effect Stitched in Color? Will I keep up the blog? Will everything change? Today I want to share my plan for the quilty business side of things.
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We live just a few hours drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our family has hiked and camped in those lovely mountains many a time. When spring comes, the cool green pines are upstaged by native blooming dogwoods.
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Oh my, we have lots to catch up on! I did get a little behind with the Gypsy Wife quilt-along, but today I’ve made up for it. I have a smattering of blocks to share, plus a peak at my developing Gypsy Wife design wall!
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This time of year is ripe for new beginnings, for fresh starts. Could you use a little spring magic to spruce up your creative space?
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Choosing a country is a surreal and incredible complex project! It’s all too easy to get your heart set on a country before realizing that some roadblock makes it impossible. Last summer we settled on a specific plan…
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This particular Angled course quilt is made up of equilateral triangles in a playful layout. It’s the first quilt in our online course because it’s actually pretty easy to sew. Let me show you my progress!
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Since we committed to our plan to move to Europe, I’ve been a bit more liberal with my fabric purchases. I’m usually a pretty conservative shopper, but it sounds like the price of quilting cottons in Europe is seriously steep.
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Have you ever experienced a paradigm shift, where mentally a door opens, a concept transforms from “not an option” to “maybe” and your mind sort of lurches to land on a new horizon of possibility?
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How is it that two women on opposite sides of the globe can become friends, true friends through the words and images we share online? I’m still amazed when I trace the path of my friendship with Jodi Godfrey.
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It looks like I’ve finished three quilts so far this year, but this one is definitely my favorite. It was such fun to make, from start to finish. What made it so? Let us count its delightful ways.
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Hello fellow Gypsies (and everyone following along)! February marks the second month of our quilt-along. I hope you have been enjoying making these unique blocks. More of that to come! Checkout our February prize.
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Do you wonder just how the design aspect of longarm quilting service works for Stitched in Color? Who makes the decisions? What is your roll and what is mine? Here’s how we choose a quilting design, density and thread.
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Weaving together my life as a maker and other spheres of life: Best of January, designing an EPP sampler and the Hauser home.
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If you’re sewing-along to make Jen Kingwell’s Gypsy Wife quilt, this week’s assignment is our first block with partial seams. Don’t let that scare you! Hope from Hartford is a clever little block. I have some tips to help.
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It started with my love for this Cloud 9 voile. I made it into a romper for Rora last spring. When she grew out of it, I had trouble letting it go. The color scheme is so dreamy! So, I pulled scraps in the same colors…
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Do you know how I came across Winter Creek Cloth? I was looking for a store that stocks Maureen Cracknell’s latest collection: Sun Kissed. I’d fallen for its bright, summery vibe. As I looked about…
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Come see my progress on Gypsy Wife - the From the Heart block and January’s batch of square-in-square filler blocks. It’s fun to jump ahead and start seeing my quilt’s story come to life!
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I like the term “confident beginner” because it speaks to the importance of attitude over experience. Anyone who’s ready for the challenge can learn to go beyond squares and rectangles to sewing angles…
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