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Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 10 Show Notes

Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 10 Show Notes

In this episode I talk about setting expectations for summer, a fun Quilt Along, and lots of books to take on vacation. (Disclosure: Some of these are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you buy from them, at no additional cost to […]

Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 9 Show Notes

Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 9 Show Notes

In this episode I talk about my current quilt projects, my visible mending project, a book I loved, and cultivating an outdoor living space. (Disclosure: Some of these are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if you buy from them, at no additional […]

Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 5 Show Notes

Simple. Handmade. Everyday. Podcast Episode 5 Show Notes

In this episode I talk about my ambitions about Spring Break, progress on my quilting and knitting projects, a book and show recommendation, and how to tackle some spring cleaning projects. (Disclosure: Some of these are affiliate links, which means I make a small commission if […]

Project Round Up (aka what I’m doing these days)

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fun interview with christa and angela

In honor of our Machining Quilting Blog Hop, HollyAnne over at String & Story did a super fun, joint interview with Christa Watson and Angela Walters, authors of The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting. They reveal some tips, advice, and the motif that drives them […]

a new story on quilt fiction + a giveaway

Frances posted another quilt fiction story on her website Quiltfiction.com! If you haven’t read the last one, it’s called The Off-Kilter Quilt–I encourage you to pop over to read that one as well. This new story is called A Quilt for Dr. Wallace and I loved […]

Free Quilt Story: The Off-Kilter Quilt

Free Quilt Story: The Off-Kilter Quilt

  One of my favorite websites, Quiltfiction.com, has released a serialized story to be told in five parts. How fun is that?! It’s called the Off -Kilter Quilt and you might have guessed, is the brainchild of Frances Dowell of the Off-Kilter Quilt podcast. Frances […]

yarnalong

Joining Ginny with Yarnalong today. I just finished reading Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. I didn’t love it and I didn’t hate it. Mostly it was fun to discuss with my daughter, who is a huge Harry Potter fan. She felt similarly, but books […]

yarn along

I cast on a new lap blanket for the Prayer Shawl ministry at church. This is the Ted’s pattern from Alice’s Embrace. I’m really a quilter, so the patchwork design appeals to me. I’m hoping it will be a nice project as we read through Hatchet […]

yarn along

I’ve been reading Simply Tuesday by Emily P. Freeman this summer. I was lucky enough to get an Advance Reader Copy and this book has been such a blessing to me. It’s all about slowing down and appreciating the Tuesdays in you life–meaning the everyday, nothing special […]