Dritz Iron-Off Hot Iron Cleaner – A Review

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. My iron has never been such a mess. I am always so careful to use pressing cloths and Teflon sheets for applique and other fusible products to keep all that nasty glue and gunk off my iron. Well, I was making a memory...

Monet’s Garden Block – Mug Rug #28

by Jen | Mug Rug Monday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday. Monday means mug rugs and I actually have one ready for today.   This one is based on my pattern Monet’s Garden which uses a wonderful soft pastel palette of pink, green, yellow, orange and cream all blended...

Stitch Along Sunday – July 2015 Week 3 – Part 1

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. Here we are back at Sunday again – boy, they sure come around quickly these days. Maybe because I want the summer to last and last and last. Summer is my favourite season – always has been and always will...

4 Benefits Of The Steady Betty Pressing Surface

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I’ve had a few ironing board covers over the years, some that have lasted quite a while and others that have only lasted a few weeks. Now I have one called The Steady Betty Superior Pressing Surface which came...

Mini Mini Sunflower – Mug Rug #27

by Jen | Mug Rug Monday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday. Wow, here it is the beginning of the week and my mug rug is made. The problem is it is the wrong week – this is last week’s mug rug.  We had a wonderful time at the cottage with lots of work done and some...

Stitch Along Sunday – July 2015 Week 2

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. Here it is the second Sunday in July already and I am all set to make some shapes with the fabrics I chose last week for Stitch Along Sunday – July 2015 Week 1. This week’s rules can be found on...

Distracted By A Slice Of Heaven

by Jen | Stash Blasting Wednesday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stash Blasting Wednesday. There is no stash blasting today and honestly there hasn’t been much stash blasting or quilting done in my studio for over a week now. I’ve been distracted by the cottage we inherited this spring. The...

Stitch Along Sunday – July 2015 Week 1

by Jen | Stitch Along Sundays

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Stitch Along Sunday. Can you believe it? We are half way through 2015 and starting our 6th stitch along of this year. Where does the time go? This week the rules are really quite simple – pick 3 fabrics – one being something...

Pillars – Mug Rug #25

by Jen | Mug Rug Monday, UFO Spotlight

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday and UFO Saturday. Finally, here is mug rug #25. I am caught up. Woohoo. Well at least for a day or two. If I can get back into the groove of things and I create next week’s this weekend and post it on Monday then all...

The Safety Pin Fastener From Unique

by Jen | Cool Tool Thursday

Hey Everyone, welcome back to Cool Tool Thursday. I am so happy H.A. Kidd passed this tool onto me because I won’t have sore fingers when I have done basting my quilts. My favourite way to baste quilts is with safety pins but my fingers are sore at the end...