Melissa, Art Director & Fabric Designer

First of all, thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I should have read them yesterday when I was getting so frustrated on my sewing project. They would have perked me up!

I just bought a Bias Binding Foot for my Babylock Crafter's Choice machine, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how it works. The instructions on the Babylock site are like two sentences long with no illustrations. ARG! I even Googled it and tried to follow a video I found, but it didn't work. I was afraid that a… Continue

Thanks to all of you who offered your 2 cents on my corner fabric indecision. Guess what? I ended up going with the "none of the above" choice and bought new fabric. I happened to be at Crafter's Warehouse for their big anniversary sale last weekend. (Don't ask me how I got there. I blacked out, and when I woke up, I was putting sale FQs into my cart. LOL.) Anyway, I found a 30s print that had the turquoise color I liked but with white flowers that echoed the Dresden plate shapes with bits of re… Continue

I've been working on my kitchen wall hanging, and I realized that I forgot to choose a fabric for the corner blocks when I picked out all my other fabric!

These are my options that I pulled from my stash:

Help me choose please:
-Turquoise solid that doesn't match any of th… Continue

We had Teri's baby shower on Tuesday, and I couldn't resist making baby Tyler a few things. I love the Cutie Booties pattern from Amy Butler's Little Stitches for Little Ones book, and since having Alice, I know first hand that these booties actually stay on little baby feet, so I made a pair for Tyler.… Continue

I just wanted to show off what I scored at the tool sale. I needed a FQ of fabric to complete a wall hanging project I have going, and with 30% off tools I couldn't resist getting some handy items that have been on my wish list for a while...

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