Over the past year, I have fallen in love with machine embroidery, in addition to quilting. When my friend gifted me her embroidery machine, I thought all I could do was make quilt labels or T-shirts. Little did I know that I would find Sweet Pea Embroidery and all their…
Since March is National Quilting Month, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to give an update on my quilting setup! For some who may not know, my quilting journey started five years ago with a teeny tiny Janome machine. I had never sewn two pieces of fabric together before…
I initially took a break from blogging for the summer. Obviously, my break lasted a teeny tiny bit longer than I expected! As I'm sure most quilters, crafters, crocheters, and just about anyone else can understand, life just got in the way for the past few months. However, I knew…
It's the end of May, which means it's graduation season! My husband's friend has two daughters graduating this year. One is graduating from high school and the other is graduating from college. Their joint party is this weekend, and I knew I wanted to make their gifts. Once I found…
Can you believe it's May already! There's so many things I would like to get accomplished this month, and one of them is changing up my Berea quilt. I wasn't happy with how my orange peels were coming out, and I definitely don't want to waste my beautiful Liberty fabrics…
I attended my very first Come Out With Pride Orlando event October of 2023. I’d heard of Free Mom Hugs, and of course the event, but wasn't able to volunteer or attend the event before. Finally, I decided it was past time I got out into the world and help…
Last weekend I traveled to Florala, Alabama for my very first quilt retreat. I was nervous and excited all at the same time, including about the drive to Alabama. The drive ended up being not as bad as I let my anxiety tell me it would be, and the weekend…
I had initially planned on having a quilt done to talk about this week, but instead of getting any actual quilting done, I ended up getting ready for a quilt retreat! Actually for my very first quilt retreat! Since I started quilting in March 2020, which obviously was in the…
I was lucky enough to have been gifted an embroidery machine, so I made an embroidered pillow!! I guess I've been on a pillow kick lately, but I wanted to make something quick but beautiful to send to my Godmother for her birthday. This embroidery machine is the best thing…
I've been wanting to make a pillow with the City of Orlando flag. I had originally thought of making a cross stitch pillow out of the flag. However, I find I don't have the patience for cross stitch as much as I used to. City of Orlando flag The FPP…
