I’ll totally admit it… Sometimes I see ideas floating around the interweb and, hmmm I just don’t think that’s for me. One such idea was the orange peel. I’m just not into hand appliqué or folding the fabric over and all that jazz, it all seemed like a lot of fuss for something that I…
Month: May 2017
Stash Fabrics Design Star
Back in June of 2016, I decided on a whim to enter Stash Fabrics first ever Design Star competition. I had just begun working with Art Gallery Fabrics as their sewcialite and thought it would be a neato way to represent by creating a virtual bundle using only AGF, since, of course, I was all…
Arizona After + Pearl Snaps = Swanky Shirt
I sure do love me some April Rhodes. Like she’s one of the best fabric designers in the game and doesn’t even realize it because she’s grounded and amazing and humble. And her new Arizona After collection oh em gee it’s off the chain. So when she asked me if I’d make myself a shirt…
Mr. Lion – English Paper Piecing
There’s something about finishing one of these Violet Craft English Paper Piecing Kits that makes me feel like I’m some very accomplished fine artist. They are so smart and well-crafted that, even though I veered from the color schema of the pattern, this project became other-worldly. I took my inspiration from nature and I knew…
EPP Party Block 1 – Hexie’s Madness
Are y’all ready to paaaaarty? [insert loud screaming from the crowd] To say that Pat and I are super duper stoked about this EPP Party is the understatement of the century because what we have planned for you is going to blow your minds! Every other week, we will provide you with a new 12″…