Making Merry with Janome – Reversible Gift Tags

Things are starting to feel festive around here. Some holiday shopping has been done and we are just starting to pull out decorations to make our home more festive for the season. I haven’t been sewing since the wild rush of preparing for Quilt Market back in October and started to feel the itch to […]

Reversible Kid’s Apron Tutorial

Posted by on Jun 1, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Holidays, Tutorials | No Comments

This is one of those great little gift ideas for a child who loves helping in the kitchen as my two do. A simple apron that’s got a few somethings extra. Firstly, it’s reversible so you can play around with a few of your favourite co-ordinating fabrics. Second, it can have a bit of extra […]

{ Happy Sewing } Festive Tunic

Posted by on May 15, 2015 in { Happy Sewing }, Blog, Festive Forest | 2 Comments

I created this tunic for my daughter as soon as I received yardage of FESTIVE FOREST last December and feel it is a good example of how the collection lends itself not only to quilting and home decor projects, but also to clothing. It is sewn from the Audrey Dress pattern from Violette Field Threads […]

A Forest Quilt by Patty Sloniger

Posted by on May 4, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Quilts, Tutorials | 2 Comments

My fellow Michael Miller designer, Patty Sloniger designs beautiful fabric. She also designs beautiful quilts. She made a lovely tree forest quilt with Festive Forest that I love for its graphic nature. Her balance of colours throughout is just right and her free motion quilting is something for me to aspire to. Patty did a […]

A Merry Pillow Cover by Brooke Sellmann

Posted by on Apr 24, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Holidays, Tutorials | One Comment

Feast your eyes on this charming pillow: It was created by the talented Brooke Sellmann of Silly Mama Quilts with FESTIVE FOREST fabric. Don’t you just love those evergreens? They are so effective in the different green fabrics from the collection, looking like they are all decorated for the holidays. And the band of red […]

Early Holiday Quilt by Dizzy Quilts

Isabelle Jean of Dizzy Quilts is a fellow Montreal Modern Quilt Guild member and impressive quilter who, I am thrilled to say, has whipped up (she’s really quick too) this sweet Patio Quilt using each and every fabric from my Festive Forest collection. It really shows off the fabrics beautifully, looking like bright, clean windows […]

Festive Wreath Quilt

Posted by on Apr 14, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Quilts | 5 Comments

When I received yardage of Festive Forest just before the holidays, I knew right away I wanted to make a statement quilt with it, but I wasn’t sure just what. Something clean and bold. I started hunting for inspiration and found this image in sorry-I-forget-which holiday home decor magazine. That’s it! A big wreath on a […]

A Fun Festive Forest Table Runner

Posted by on Apr 10, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Holidays | One Comment

I’ll start this off by warning you, I’m pretty excited about this new happy fabric collection of mine, so it’s going to be a bit like Winter holidays in April here for a bit. Hope you enjoy! First up on the list of inspiring projects made with Festive Forest: A cheery table runner by Brooke Sellmann of Silly […]

Festive Forest

Posted by on Apr 8, 2015 in Blog, Festive Forest, Holidays | 12 Comments

Things have been pretty sparse around this blog lately. My apologies, but I’ve been working away furiously for the past few months on a number of projects, none of which I’ve been able to share yet. Finally, however, there is a fun something that is finding its way out onto the market. It seems to […]