It's Charm Madness Time!

I am so excited to finally introduce the blog hop I've been planning ... Charm Madness!  If you're a fan of college basketball, you know that March Madness is now in full effect and we thought it would be fun to play with that a little.  If you rearrange the letters in "March" you can make "Charm" ... so here we go!

Tomorrow I will be posting all the wonderful bloggers who are taking part in our Charm Madness blog hop - so be sure to come on back and take a peek!  There are tutorials for almost everything - you will love it! We'll also have prizes and a chance for you to share you own fabulous charm projects with a linky during this three week blog hop.  I will also keep everything easily referenced on our Charm Madness page here.

And ... in honor of our blog hop event, we've put all charm packs and mini charm packs in the shop on sale! Save 10% on all charm packs now through 3/22/13.  No coupon code is needed - the discount will be automatically applied during checkout.

Happy Sewing!  :-)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

March Color Me Happy Club Bundle

Happy Sewing! :-)

Pinned : Easter Basket Tutorial

Hey there!

I've been sick all week ... ugh!  I think I am finally on the upswing, which is definitely a good thing since we have some exciting things happening here on Monday!  (Need a hint?  Check out the new button on the left!) 

Speaking of exciting, I've been getting a ton of those "your pin has been repinned" emails today all for this tutorial ...

I made these Easter baskets last year for a coworker's boys and I guess there's a few of y'all out there thinking about making some yourself.  So, if you're new around here and looking for a quick project, check out the tutorial here.

Happy Sewing!

FQ Frenzy : Partly Sunny

Comma by Zen Chic came in and I was taken with the slate and mustard colorway.  So taken, that we cut a limited number of bundles for this week's FQ Frenzy!

Partly Sunny is available here.  As well as yardage of these and other prints from the Comma collection.

Happy Sewing! :-)

First Quilts : The Biggest

I'm back to share another of my first quilts with you.  This one is definitely the biggest quilt I have ever made.  And honestly, I have no idea why I made this so big!  This one was probably made between 2002 and 2005, but I wasn't keeping good records then!

Anywho ... the stack and whack crazy quilt thing was pretty popular at the time.  I picked a bunch of prints based one multicolored print in the quilt and had at it.

I actually had this quilt professionally quilted and this is my favorite quilting design.  I often doodle a similar design on agendas in boring work meetings. :-)

I remember selecting a backing was a challenge since I wanted it to be just right.  The quilt shop I went to has since closed, but I still remember how sweet the owner was to take the time to help me audition so many options and finally settle on this one and the Moda Marble Dot I used for the border and binding.  I know that if Sew Lux ever opens up a retail storefront, I'll want to be as helpful to our customers as that owner was to me.

Well that is all for now.  My students and I had a very successful DECA competition earlier this week and I'm whipped!  I will be locking myself in my sewing room this weekend to finish up some projects!

Happy Sewing!  :-)

March Bundles

A new month brings a new bunch of pretty FQ stacks!  Here are the Curated Collections for March ...

I really love each of these bundles for different reasons.  Bright colors, great stashbuilders, and beautiful color schemes.  I mean, what's not to love?!  Curated Collections are available now.

We also have the new Moda FQ Club bundle available - this one features Summersville Spring by Lucie Summers. The colors are so 80's dance party to me.  And the prints we selected for the shop are just great stash builders.

Speaking of stash builders, we have a brand new club to introduce to you ... the Color Me Happy Club.  This series of bundles will be available by subscription only.  See all the details and sign up here.

Happy Sewing! :-)

First Quilts : The Most Used

Hey y'all!  Hope you are having a great weekend!

There hasn't been much sewing this week since I have been busy preparing to take some of my students to a DECA competition this week.  Since I knew there wouldn't be much new stitching going on, I thought I'd share some of my very first quilts here on the blog.  Of course, I made (and gave away) quite a few quilts before I started blogging, but I do have three of my earliest quilts still hanging around.

This quilt, while not the very first, is definitely the most used.  I sit under it all the time while watching TV, blogging, and working on the computer.  I really should make a new lap quilt for myself since its a little on the short side.

I used a basic coin quilt pattern from a quilt magazine as a pattern for this.  Although I can't remember the name of the magazine or issue number now.  This quilt is probably at least 10 years old.  At the time that I made it I was learning to free motion quilt.  Amazingly, my borders came out pretty well.

And I am sure I had no idea that piecing a stripe down the back was "modern" ... I just knew I didn't have enough blue fabric!  I've actually pieced a stripe in the back of several quilts since.

Well that's all for this quilt ... I have two other "early" quilts to share with you soon.

Happy Sewing! :-)