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This blog post will help you turn any 18 ½” x 18 ½” unfinished block into a pillow case. Enjoy! If you need a block to work with, download my free Bubble Bounce Block here. Materials Backing Fabric: (1) 22″ x 22″ square (this piece will not be visible because it will end up inside…

This blog post comes with a free DIY Pillow Pattern. Click here to download the PDF. Do you have a bunch of triangles sitting in your scrap-stash? You know, the ones you trimmed off from making quilt bindings, snowball corners, and Flying Geese, the waste method. How about some selvage? Or leftover binding that didn’t…

Happy New Year! January 1st marks the beginning of the new 12 Minis in 12 Months series. 12 of us will be sharing a mini-quilt for you to make each month! The year will kick off with a design by Kaitlyn @KnotandThread – check out the version I made of her pattern: My mini will…

I am a recovering perfectionist, so this message is mainly for me. But I’ll post it here in case if it’s for you too. When I give myself time to think about it, perfection is really a dead-end. If that’s the best you can do, then what’s next? And if perfect is a standard that…

This pillow pattern walks you through making 2-different pillows, and is a great idea for the beginning quilter. If you are interested in purchasing a pillowcase, visit my shop here to see what is available. The pattern pays tribute to the journeys we take in overcoming life’s obstacles. After piecing some rather simple, perfectly fine-looking…

I’ve compiled a list of books that would serve any music classroom (or home library) well – enjoy browsing through the list, and please reach out if I missed anything. There are so many gems here =) My Voice is a Trumpet by Jimmie Allen – Al lyrical celebration of the many types of voices…

The X My Heart pattern pays tribute to the journeys we take in overcoming life’s obstacles. After piecing some rather simple, perfectly fine-looking blocks, the instructions will advise you to cut them in half, rearrange, and piece them back together into the new Cross Blocks. I believe that the new Cross Blocks are more charming,…

This sweet baby quilt was so much fun to make – it is from a design idea I had in my brain, I just don’t know if it would be feasible to write a pattern with so many half-square triangles, considering it felt gruesome to make myself. So, this is a one and only design,…

Want to make a quilt – fast? But busy with a full time job? I gotcha! Making this Throw Size quilt top in a workweek is possible with about 1-2 hours of commitment perday – trust me as living proof! I went ahead and broke down the process below, which felt comfortably manageable to execute…

This pattern gets its punny name from two sources of inspiration: my canine quilting companion whose Korean name, Goguma, translates to Sweet Potato, and the intellectual freedom we experience when we think outside the box, try new things, and challenge our perceived limitations. They embodied my experience in writing my first quilt pattern full of…