Remember my adorbs sister Rosie?  Well we are turning her into a fabric addict yet.  Last week she made a lovely European pillow sham with a soft double-gauze Fuwari from Kokka and some shot cottons.  She even turned the project into a tutorial.

Here Rosie shows off the contrasting strip on back at the overlapping closure…

and demonstrates the comfiness of the pillow.

For Rosie’s pillow sham tutorial, visit her blog.  (Btw, after looking at these photos, I want to do some Pendleton/Native inspired patchwork. Perhaps something on that coming soon.)

Can you believe that Christmas fabric is arriving already? Here’s a little peek at BasicGrey’s brand new Christmas collection for Moda, Fruitcake.  Even though it’s only June, it’s beautiful enough to motivate a person to start early on holiday projects, like this quilt.

These reverse appliqued circles remind me of vinyl records. Ooh how I loved breaking out the Christmas vinyl as a kid.  But no, it’s still too early for that… right?

Go ahead and check out the entire Fruitcake collection or download the free Fruitcake quilt pattern.

Owlie here helped us celebrate our first anniversary recently. And now he is a free embroidery pattern! Go to the owlie embroidery pattern page to get full details and download the pattern!

I realized that I haven’t gushed about Little Folks yet on the blog, and I’m shocked.  You may have seen it around. This is Anna Maria Horner’s newest collection, and rather than regular old quilting cotton, it’s printed on the most luscious, silky voile. (Rhymes with wall, toile…)  There are also coordinating flannels, oilcloth, dobby dots, and solids.  I squeal inside whenever I look at them.

When the collection arrived, Jennifer knew just what she wanted to do with it first. Before we could even put the bolts out on display, she was working on a scarf inspired by this one from Anna Maria’s blog.

She has since made more, as have many of our shop friends, and how could they not! It only takes about an hour and it’s such an easy way to use and wear a favorite print.  To make your own, check out the Little Folks Voile Scarf Tutorial.

You’ve spent all that time crafting a totally personal, unique, handmade gift. So why not wrap it up in one-of-a kind handsewn gift wrap too? Or if you didn’t quite have time for handmade gifts this year, this is a quick way to spiff up that present with just a touch of handmade care. Not to mention, it’s a great way to recycle paper grocery bags and other paper around the house.

Let your creativity run wild and try whipping up some custom stitched gift wrap with instructions at our Stitched Holiday Wrapping tutorial.

The weather is nearly to freezing today in Idaho, a fine time to reminisce about warmer weather.  Like last summer when I was seeing poppies everywhere and became obsessed.  During my weekly drives from Utah to Idaho, I was distracted by the poppies off the side of the highway next to the wheat fields.  And there was my local library.

When something chases me like this, it usually means I have to use it in a project to get it out of my system.  So I dug through my embroidery floss and my fabric stash, and a few days later, had this.

Now these stolen shapes and colors bring me a little cheer during the barren winter months.

You can have your own fake summer on a pillow, or tote, or skirt, or whatever–the Poppies Embroidery Pattern is available as a free download!  Full details at the Poppies Embroidery Pattern page.