Sew Simple Life

I think I had mentioned I was working on this felt barn for my friend’s son. His birthday party is coming up this weekend, he’ll be two!! I used this pattern…. up there is the front of the barn and one of the sides. The back of the barn: There is not a whole lot [...]

Remember when I said my friend’s mother-in-law sent me a ton of fabric and quilting books? I took a pattern from one of the quilting books and some of the butterfly fabric and made this wall hanging for her. The center is a paper pieced block and then the borders were added on to that. [...]

I think I made this in 2001… maybe early 2002. It is made of scrap fabric.. old curtains, my daughter’s bassinet sheets, my old shirts, fabric taken from the pillows on the couch, fabric I bought to make her a blanket {which did not work out}, leftover fabric from the curtains I made for her [...]

This pattern is part of Magical Jelly Roll Quilts by Kimberly Einmo. You learn to make these blocks and then a whole quilt, and she shows you several variations… with one block, four blocks, turning the block, etc. It’s a great class. I went with just one block and added a border. I finished piecing [...]

I started working on the wall hanging for my friend’s mother-in-law {who generously gave me a ton of fabric and quilt books}. This is as far as I’ve gotten so far. Have you ever noticed how sometimes paper piecing is… well… time consuming? Or is it just me?? I’ve been told that butterflies are loved, [...]

I have to make 90 quilt blocks for a quilt large enough to fit my bed. I’m only up to 30 blocks completed. Something about just doing the same block over and over and over and over.. it’s making it difficult to finish this quilt. They aren’t identical blocks… I’m trying to piece them randomly, [...]