What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Welcome to the 11th day of the Twelve Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop!   I really fell down a rabbit hole while writing this post - I couldn't for the life of me remember what the eleventh day gift was, so I went to look it up.  (Just FYI, it's eleven pipers piping!)  But I also found out that if you received all the gifts listed in the song (and they accumulate - each day repeats all the gifts to date) you'll have 364 separate items by the end of the 12th day!  And since 1984 ...

Welcome to Day 2 of this year's 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop! You won't have to hop very far today, as I will be sharing one of my favorite ornaments and direct you to a great tutorial for making one of your own.  Then we'll follow up with the next set of instructions for this year's quilt-along.  Let's go!

*&*&*&*&*&*&*

Out of the many (many!) Christmas ornaments that I've accumulated over the years, this is one of my favorites, and I'll tell you why...

Back in 2014 when we ...

Pinterest is wonderful and yet it can suck all the time out of your day. I open Pinterest to find ideas for making inventory for the flea market. I found these Origami butterflies and I felt challenged to successfully make some. What I found is that the photos and explanations didn’t make sense to me at the final steps. I had to look at more than 5 different blogs (I lost track of how many exactly) before I found one I could follow to the end.

So that I don’t frustrate anyone in the way I was frustrated ...