Garden Rows Throw Quilt

Do you remember a while ago when I machine quilted a few Garden Rows quilts for the Miller family? Well they are still finishing them and they are darling! 

This one I machine quilted and all over pattern. I really think it turned out nicely.

Visit the Seasons of Home blog you can read all about the Miller family sewing retreat.
Have a great weekend friends!

Sweet Celebrations with Moda Bake Shop!

I am so super excited today! I get to tell you about the new Moda Bake Shop book Sweet Celebrations with the Moda Bake Shop Chefs! Complied by the awesome Lissa Alexander.

I'm so excited about this book, there are 35+ projects in the book for all those fun celebrations and I have a few projects of my own in there; a couple quilts, some place-mats, and a fun banner. My projects celebrate Reunions, Baby Showers and Easter!Besides designing my own projects I had the opportunity to machine quilt a few projects for my friends, April and Melissa.

This darling book is now available for pre-order here and will be shipping in October! YIPEE!!

Pre-order my book, Beginner's Guide to Free-motion quilting today!

Quilts to Cuddle With

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Jenn and Genny pieced these two darling throw size quilts. They are both so happy and cute they make me want to just cuddle up with them. 

I machine quilted them with the same all over floral pattern, it's so cute on both.

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Wrapped In Red

Do you remember back in the fall when I shared my Wrapped in Red quilt?Well, my friend Genny pieced a quilt from our pattern! 

I LOVE Genny's version, for a few reasons, I love that she made the background (white fabric) scrappy. There's just something darling about that! I also love the red prints that she used. My Wrapped in Red quilt is all made from Christmas prints, love it for Christmas time but with the reds that she used this darling quilt can stay out all year long! LOVE it! :)

I machine quilted it for her. I did quilt it similar to mine, but mine has snowflakes and a few things that make it really wintery, so with hers I kept it more fresh, and I love how the quilting turned out. 

Here is a close up shot of the back, I just love how the machine quilting stands out on the solid red.

Quilt pattern is Wrapped in Red by Natalia Bonner and Kathleen Whiting, it's available in American Patchwork and Quilting December 2011 issue. Available for purchase at Fat Quarter Shop.
I hope you're all having a great day, or week, time just seems to be flying by these days!

Quick Crustless Quiche and YUMMO Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes!

(photo from my instagram)One of my favorite things about Saturdays, besides sleeping in, is spending time with my family and eating yummy breakfasts together. My husband and I take turns making breakfast, he likes to make french toast, I like to make whole wheat pancakes and every once in a while I like to make Quick Crustless Quiche.This morning I decided to get up before my husband and surprise him with breakfast, but somehow I went a little crazy and along with the Quiche I made Chocolate Chip cookies, Muddy Buddies and Home-made bread. :)
Quick Crustless Quiche1/2 Cup Bisquick1 1/2 Cups milkDash of PpepperGrated Cheese1 Cube Butter3 Eggs1/2 tsp SaltChopped Bacon or Ham
Blend in blender until smooth. Pour into greased 10" pie plate. Stir together 1 Cup Grated Cheese and Chopped Bacon or Ham. Spread on top. Bake at 350* for 30-40 minutes. Serve warm.

(photo from my instagram)
Yummo Chocolate Chip Cookies1 Cup butter or margarine, softened3/4 Cup white sugar1 Cup brown sugar2 eggs1 teaspoon vanilla3 Cups flour3/4 teaspoon salt3/4 teaspoon baking soda1/2 pkg chocolate chips
Mix together butter, sugars, eggs and vanilla. Add in flour, salt and baking soda. Then mix in chocolate chips.Drop onto greased cookie sheet by heaping tablespoon. Bake at 350* for 8 minutes or until lightly browned. The original recipe says it should make about 3 dozen cookies..... maybe I just eat too much of the cookie dough or something because I never get more than 2 dozen! :)

Free-motion Quilting

Colleen pieced this darling modern quilt. She send it to me and told me I could machine quilt whatever I wanted. YAY!The quilt does already have a lot going on with all of the darling fabrics so I wanted my machine quilting to add to it and not take-away.So I came up with a couple ideas and then had at it.The thread color that I chose was pretty neutral so it blended nicely and added some fun texture.

I alternated designs but basically stuck with three different designs.

Every once in a while I got a little crazy and quilted a block differently, I think it keeps it fun!
All of the patterns that I used while machine quilting this quilt are taught in my new book, you can pre-order my book today!
Have a great day!