Spring Cleaning Checklist

I created a printable checklist for you all for spring cleaning! It details what I do in each room. The checklist is awesome because you can slide it into some page protectors, then use dry erase markers to mark through what's finished. In this way, you're able to keep track of what's been done. My …

A Patriotic Quilt Pattern

When I started this quilt, I was expecting it to become a Quilt of Valor. I got all involved piecing and then appliqueing, the realized I had made up my own pattern. Instead of continuing to make it large enough for QOV, This one stopped at wall hanging size. It's perfect for the upcoming patriotic …

Charity Quilt June 2017

My guild recently changed officers, and I am now part of the committee that chairs our charity quilts. I found this to be a good opportunity to finish a quilt that had been languishing in my closet of unfinished quilts in order to donate! Some simple quilting and it was all ready! I like it! …

Quilt Label Ideas

My guild's charity group is looking for a simple way to make and have labels on hand for the members. With labels on hand, they are likely to be sewn on and the quilt donated! I'd like to "automate" the process some, making it less an ordeal to be sure all charity quilts are labeled. …

Patriotic Sewing

WordPress prompted me to write a post a few days back, and I thought of all the sewing I'd been doing lately! I want to wait and show you all more finished quilts, rather than half finished projects. However, I can show you cute bits of what I'm working on lately. I'm sewing with patriotic …

Curtain Sewing

A friend came for the weekend! We sewed and sewed, laughed and chatted. And boy did we eat good! We made some cute curtains for her home, and when we went yard sale-ing, we found a cute small skirt with tons of lace! I thought to myself, "I can use that!" I came home and …

What Am I Reading? #3

Every year in January, I promise myself familiar things, weight loss, organizing, etc. I also promise new heights for my business ventures, and think, "This is the year!" We all know resolutions fade and we forget about them over time. However, working on my business doesn't need to be a January only topic. I picked …

Quilts of Valor

Some of you, dear readers, know my Quilts of Valor story. Some do not. I'll try to be concise as I summarize it for you here. I became involved in QOV in 2008, when I sent an email letter asking the foundation what I could do at Fort Bragg, near my home at the time. …

Tackling that Big Project

I wrote an article a few weeks back on the book, The Miracle Morning. It was such a great catalyst for good things in my life! I realized during one of my miracle mornings that I wasn't doing much of what I had promised myself I would do in the last few years. In January, …

Kitty Blocks

This is the last installment of blocks for my guild's block exchange. The cute kitten faces are perfect for our "cat" category. I will border them, and be ready for exchanging next week!

What Am I Reading? #2

Over the next few months, I want to introduce you to what I'm reading right now, and how that affects my growth as a Christian, mom, and wife! While Bible reading comes first, I often make time to read other things that really impact my life! Today's book is just one of those amazing, smash all …