Guest Post: Danielle of Nacho Mama’s Quilt

Today we have a very special treat! Actually every month you’ll get this treat again and again! As you know, I’m doing a Too Many Tops Challenge and since I needed some advice about how to proceed with my quilting, I called my good friend Danielle who has recently become a full time long arm quilter (so [...]

Learning is More Fun with a Friend

  For the month of August when you register and pay for a class, you can bring a friend for FREE!   Don’t forget that Crafty Girls Workshop has 6 sewing machines in the studio for use during class or studio time for FREE! You’re welcome to use the cutting supplies (mat, rulers, table, cutters) [...]

Work in Progress Wednesday

Remember my post about too many tops? (Uh, it was like, the last post on here, haha) Well, I’ve made good on that challenge to myself and finished quilting my first top of the challenge! This one is from a kit I bought a LOOOONG time ago (maybe three years or so.) I’ve had the [...]

Too Many Tops (A Challenge)

I’ve decided that I have too many quilt tops! I need to get them finished and I’m challenging myself to finish them by the end of the year 2011! Here is a picture of the tops that need to be quilted: It’s roughly 13 tops. And here’s the kicker, most of them already have backings [...]

Your Class, Your Time at Crafty Girls Workshop

  Thanks Microsoft Clip Art for the image Crafty Girls Workshop has been open in the brick and mortar location for almost 10 months now! Every month I spend hours, HOURS, creating a schedule of the classes that I want to teach and know that people will want to take. (Thanks for all the extra [...]

Innocent Crush on Sale

  To celebrate Anna Maria Horner’s newest line of fabric, Lou Louthi, I’ve decided it’s time to clear out her older line, Innocent Crush, which is also beautiful. I’ve made a couple projects from this beautiful fabric! Of course, they are still all works in progress, but that’s the fun of it. I found that it’s best [...]

Don’t Forget: Bella Solids Sale

    Shop for Bella Solids only $5.99 a yard Sorry for being MIA lately. The classes at the studio have been picking up and there is precious little time for blogging. I wanted to remind you that I’m having a Bella Solids sale for the month of July. If you haven’t already, I highly [...]

Habitat Challenge – My Blocks

Trying to figure out how to best integrate all of these variety of fabrics into one block was a real challenge! I turned to my favorite resource for block ideas, Block Party: A Modern Quilting Bee. I decided to use one of the most commented about patterns, the one from February, it’s a square in [...]

San Antonio Modern Quilt Guild: Membership has Benefits

Habitat line of fabrics by Jay McCaroll for Free Spirit Being a member of the San Antonio Modern Quilt Guild has it’s perks. Not only do I get to be constantly inspired by some incredibly talented ladies (so far only ladies are in our group but gentlemen are encouraged to attend as well!) but occasionally [...]

Friday Follow Fun

I thought it would be fun to have a linky party today! Share a link to your blog with your favorite image. You can link to your favorite post OR just directly to your blog. Then please visit at least one other blog on the list to say hi. Share the bloggy comment love! Hopefully [...]