2015

V and Co Christmas projects and mint fudge round up

 I thought I would round up a few of my past free tutorials here all in one spot. And of course add the whole awesome and easy 3 ingredient 3 minute mint fudge. So for now here are a few past V and Co how to’s homemade hand warmers   fabric ornaments 3 minute 3 ingredient […]

Feeling Cheery

enter LUCKY50B for 50% off this pattern only  Well, Hello December! I can’t even believe you’re already here.  This last weekend, after our Thanksgiving coma, we brought out our stockings and christmas decor.  I also got out my Into the Woods quilt found in my Simply Color: Green book. (and I looked festive with my hot […]

Simply Colorful II is finally here

Pre-cuts and Yardage of Simply Colorful II should be hitting your local quilt store now!!   Here are a few of the things we made with it thus far: beautiful dress made for my daughter by Snickerdoodle Stew Catherdral windows made in linen and the purple mini charms from the Simply Colorful II line Small wedge […]

V and Co InstaFriday

Welcome to Insta Friday. Where I show off some of my favorite pictures from my Instagram acct here on the blog. First we have a picture of my Color Theory Dress. I had a wonderful friend who just happens to be an amazing seamstress make me a dress that she pinned and drafted and made […]

Insta Friday…on Wednesday

Hexagons made out of V and Co Ombre   Well, how about that…I totally miss and mess up my first INSTA FRIDAY back this last week. I have a good excuse. Well, not really I guess…my mom came into town and I was just getting everything ready. BUT! This just means that I’ll have more pictures […]

V and Co: How to make a little string block pincushion

One thing is for sure, you can never have enough pin cushions. Okay maybe you can and I just lied, whatever the case, you can’t have enough CUTE pincushions. Am I right? Yep, thought so. This little guy finishes at 4″ x 4″ and uses up any of those favorite little scraps you have left […]

V and Co: Insta Friday

Julie of Jaybird Quilting shows off some Simply Color and Ombre fabric in her Night Sky Quilt pattern placemats I am on instagram daily it seems. It’s so great with the hashtags and the @’s because it’s so easy to find things and feature other peoples work with my fabric or patterns. So easy! BUT, […]

V and Co: Good Neighbors Pincushion Party

 Well Hello! Today is my day on this fun good neighbors pincushion party! Amanda Jean’s blog was one of the very first blogs I ever followed and commented on (what seems like a bazillion years ago!) But the coolest thing was that she actually then came and visited my blog and commented on my post, […]

V and Co: Quilt Patterns for Ombre basics

 The day has come where I talk and talk about our newest patterns using all TWENTY of our new Ombre Basics with Moda. I really can’t gush over these enough, I’ve been dreaming of these for 5 years. And I feel like I just want to scream from the hilltops about them!  It’s been so […]

Moda Basics V and Co. Ombre

I am SOOO excited to FINALLY get to show you what I’ve been busy working on and what I’ve been dying to share.  Introducing V and Co. Ombre Moda Basics. TWENTY colors of ombre. Starting from the top left: Honey, Magenta, Aqua, Avocado, Graphite Grey Hot Pink, Taupe, Indigo Coral, Plum Turquoise, Aubergine, Lime Green, […]

Summer lovin’

Summer is quickly approaching it’s end. I feel like it went in a flash. We traveled and spent much needed time as a family. It was also spent working a little here and there. (Okay more like a lot in the late hours after everyone was in bed till the early morning hours.) I can’t […]

New Simply Colorful II Patterns And save on all PDF’s

Well with Simply Colorful 1 (RED, ORANGE, YELLOW) hitting stores in just a few short weeks (ahem, and our V and Co. AURIFIL threads too!), I wanted to get you excited for the next 4 patterns that go with the next line of Simply Colorful 2 (GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE)!! I’ve been wanting to show off […]

Irish Chain Quilts

Hi there today is my day to be part of Happy Quilting’s blog hop on her Irish Chain Quilts blog hop. 🙂 I’m super excited as I kind of have a love affair with Irish Chains!  The block I was in charge of was the itty bits Irish chain. It was easy and fun to […]

V and Co.: Quilt Spring Market

 So I’m finally getting around to showing off some pictures of Spring Quilt Market.  I was showing off the second half of my Simply Colorful line. (green, blue, purple)  and I was also showing off my new Aurifil Thread collection to go with the books and the fabric. And of course the books! Me right […]

Ombre fabric in quilts and projects workshop in Boston

from right clockwise Bloom Quilt, Secret Garden (in the Simply Color Books, green), I heart You Quilt, and Textured Pillows.   I’ll be in the Boston area in the next couple of weeks! I’ll be teaching a workshop on Saturday June13th. Ombre Lone Star Come join me and Erin of Daley by the Yard  for a Saturday […]

Simply Colorful II

Oh yes there’s a part Duex on this whole Simply Colorful fabric line and here it is: Simply Colorful II GREEN, BLUE, PURPLE  I don’t want to say this but this is my most favorite part of the rainbow. Yes, it’s true it has my two most favorite colors of green and blue, and I […]

Yes I’m the Cat she calls Judge-Y

Welcome, welcome, please sit for a bit…go on, go on…OKAY SIT DOWN ALREADY. Thank you…First off I’d like to introduce myself:  I’m what the human that owns this blog likes to calls the Judge-y Cat. I live with the humans in this house of mine here in good ‘ol Iowa. I think she calls me […]

Summer on my mind new patterns and sale

 Well the time has finally come to release these two new patterns to go with my Simply Colorful RED, ORANGE, YELLOW line with Moda Fabrics (due to come to a store near you July 2015) And what better day than today! The weather projected here in eastern Iowa is 75 degrees of pure awesomeness. This […]

And then there were three.

Lemonade Stand from the YELLOW book available in May  This last week was very eventful (in my private life with my first child needing to be hospitalized for kidney issues again he’s doing better now thank you and we are working with great doctors) we also were having spring break, which mother natures settings went […]

Happenings of the last couple of weeks

Ombre wall in the ombre class at Quilt Con  Hello! Well, I’ve crawled back out of my hole after Quilt Con. WHAT A BLAST THAT WAS! It was entirely too fast and too quick, but man it totally tired me out! I was there a total 4 days, and I felt that I didn’t even […]

IT’S QUILTCON TIME

kind of like it’s Hammer Time only better If we don’t connect in one of my classes make sure you come and see me in:  Booth 306 on Thursday the 19th at 5pm, I’ll be signing my first book with Martingale “Make It Sew Modern: Gather, Twist, Pleat, Texture Booth 516 on Friday at 5 […]

Take 5 Fat Quarters

Little Miss Kathy Brown and I go way back. Well not really we only go about a year back because that’s when we met, but we HIT IT OFF like we had known each other for decades. We belly laughed and laughed and laughed in a little town in Indiana when we did the Shipshewana […]

Introducing RED, ORANGE, and YELLOW Simply Colorful fabric By V and Co with Moda

Hello! FINALLY I get to show you!!! Introducing Simply Colorful I RED, ORANGE, YELLOW. (Simply Colorful II will be green, blue and purple and debuting at spring Quilt Market )  Yes, I’ve been teasing you with pictures of Simply colorful on Instagram, and on Facebook and even here but now you know that the fabric […]

Fat Quarter Shop Block of the Month

 I am so excited to be part of the Moda designers who designed a house block for this year’s designer mystery block of the month for the Fat Quarter Shop. The Fat Quarter Shop has made a fun quiz to see what quilt block you are…I also took the quilt block quiz and I got […]

Keep on Sewing…

Quilt Con triangle class sampler MAN! I have been super busy. So busy I feel like I need to schedule bathroom breaks just to make sure I know it’ll be taken care of. Nope, not even kidding, I lose what day we are on on a regular basis. I went to feed the cat and […]

EEK! Two things…

 Well maybe a little more than two things…but first things first…COLOR THEORY FABRIC IS IN THE HOUSE!!!!! Your local quilt stores should be getting it any day if they haven’t already gotten it! And the patterns to go with it as well! Find all my patterns here. Woooooohoooooo!!!!! ALSO that means that the pink ombre is […]

The Button Tote on the BERNINA Blog

HI! Finally starting to show off some of the fun stuff I’ve been slaving away making 😉 well not really slaving away for this one…it’s a fun easy bag…my favorite kind!  Come join me over at the We All Sew Blog for BERNINA.  And learn step by step…  from start to finish…  How to make […]

2015 already

Sawtooth baby quilt using V and Co. Ombre Navy and what I’m working on right at this very second 🙂 What the heck happened to 2014? I can’t even believe that we are now looking at a new year. This last year was a hard one for me…a parent passing away, our beloved dog passing […]