Vail Resorts is doing a challenge on Facebook where the winning charity will win $150,000.  Please lend your vote to Children's Hospital Colorado (Team Finlon) and help them win a LARGE, incredibly well-deserved sum of money!  They're in second place right now, so every vote really makes a difference.  You can vote every day until April 2nd if you'd like, but even one vote helps.  If just 75 people see this post and vote, we'll move into 1st place! Click on the photo below to be taken to … [Read more...]

It's for sale! I got a great deal on a straight stitch only machine (also a Janome) at QuiltCon, so I'm selling my beloved.  It's the machine I've used to sew every single project on my blog.  It's awesome.  It just has way more features than I need (163 stitches to be exact, of which I use--you guessed it--ONE).  It's in perfect condition, and there are more pictures in my DIY IKEA Sewing Table Tutorial. If you're interested, hop over to eBay!  Here's the listing. Not to be … [Read more...]

What does one normally write for a first blog entry? A statement of purpose? An overview of what to expect? A deep and personal life story that ultimately leads to the reason for starting the blog? I’ll start with a simple hello. I can’t give you a proper overview of what to expect from the blog, because I myself don’t know what it will become. I can tell you that, in general, this will be a crafty blog, and that the craft I will most often be posting about is modern patchwork quilting. … [Read more...]