The Pattern Basket

It's Here!

Sample yardage of Butterfields has arrived in my studio! It's so exciting to hold my first fabric line in my hands. It may be a little cold and snowy outside, but my sewing room feels like spring is in full bloom!

I think it's such a pretty fabric collection and I can't wait to share with you all the new patterns I will be designing with it.

I hope you all love Butterfields as much as I do.
It truly is a dream come true!
♥♥♥

Not the best week

It’s been a really tough week. I found myself in emergency dental surgery on Friday morning after a long and painful week. I won't go into the details because I know no one really wants to hear about a trip into dental surgery. Let’s just say I have lots of stitches and kind of sad about the whole adventure but hopefully the worst is behind me. Thankfully I'm on very strong pain medication so I am just focusing on getting better.

(from my husband and chidren - I found these in my studio this morning)

When you have felt as bad as I have it sure was comforting to walk back into my studio this morning. Not sure I will get anything done today but there is nothing more healing than playing with beautiful fabric and smelling fresh roses.

Happy weekend everyone. I hope you get to play with lots of pretty fabric.

Spring Bling Pincushions

Who doesn't like a little sparkle?!

These two pincushions are easy to create and it’s so

much fun to fancy them up with a vintage brooch and some shimmery buttons. Or if sparkle isn’t your thing, a big round button in the middle of the flower would look beautiful.

This past December I found lots of beautiful brooches and buttons online at Etsy and at local shops.

Have fun hunting for just the right buttons or bling!

My new “Spring Bling” pattern

is available on my website.

Merry Christmas

This is a special moment I captured out my sewing room window a couple of Decembers ago. One of my favourite moments ~ the Holiday Season is always full of sweet memories.

I hope you can hold your family close this year, make memories and have a very very Merry Christmas.

Warm greetings

Margot

SNOW!

This morning we woke up to the first snowfall of the season. I'm not sure I'm ready for all the snow that is yet to come but it sure was a pretty day!

Confetti Cake

I took some pictures of my Confetti Cake quilt this morning. It's a fun Layer Cake pattern that I have made many times and it always comes out with each block looking so different. Lissa Alexander from Moda fabrics blogged about Confetti Cake and shared pictures to show how this difficult-looking quilt block easily comes together.

Oh, and while I’m patiently waiting for my fabric line "Butterfields" to arrive sometime next March, I am working on lots of new patterns!

Here is a sneak peek of the Dresden block I designed with a little twist.

Can't wait to make this one into a quilt!

Weekend at The Royal

We spent this past weekend at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, Ontario.

We watched the Canadian Show Jumping Championships which featured some amazing horses and riders. Below is a photo Jenny took of Canadian Olympic rider Ian Millar and his horse Dryden - if you click on it you can make it bigger. She took about 1,000 pictures - she was so excited to be there.

We also went to see the Christmas windows at the Hudson Bay Co. on the corner of Young and Queen.

So magical!

A weekend in Toronto is never enough time, but we had lots of fun and with all the early Christmas festivities going on it sure has put me in the mood to start quilting up some Christmas projects!

Another Fun Project

Here is another project that I posted on the

Moda Bake Shop some time ago.
I use my sewing machine Cover-Up all the time -- love the way it looks and protects my sewing machine.

This project is easy and fun to make – If you haven’t already you might like to head over to the Moda Bake Shop and download the pattern!

I Love Pincushions!

I made a couple of these pincushions this past weekend. I had forgotten how much FUN they are to create! If you haven’t made one yet you might like to download my instructions that you’ll find on the Moda Bake Shop.

Sew easy and fun, they are the perfect pincushion to share with friends or to have beside your sewing machine.

Here is the link to the tutorial.

Enjoy!

Sew Pretty for the Holidays

I'm starting a November special early!

With the Holiday Season just around the corner

it's a good time to start sewing.

From now until the end of November

Sew Pretty for the Holiday's apron pattern is just $6.00

Visit my appliqué tutorial for step-by-step instructions on my easy appliqué technique.

Happy preparing for the Holidays!