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Hello, and welcome to my day on the Love & Kisses Blog Tour introducing Powered by Quilting’s first Signature line for Island Batik. When I received word of the tour I jumped at the chance to make something out of this absolutely stunning fabric. The fabric has started arriving in stores so it is now available for purchase. To find a store near you to purchase fabric from check out Island Batik’s Shop Locator.

The fabrics feature at wonderful balance of large to small prints that mix and match beautifully. Sherry provided me with 11 ...

Again today I am following along with the writing prompts from the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge. This time the theme of the day is Machine! so I figured I would finally introduce Gertrude and take a little time to cover general care and maintenance of your sewing machine.

Gertrude

So I actually have more than 1 machine, but since getting Gertrude I haven’t pulled the others out. She is a trusty Bernina Hello Lovely Cotton and Steel 350 Special Edition machine. When I got her I wasn’t actually planning on getting a machine at that time. What ...

…make it!  I’m a DIY kind of girl, always have been. I’m frugal, and learned many skills from my mom; ours was a big family with a limited income, she made do, did a lot of the projects around the house, figured … Continue reading →