I am cheering for all the teachers and students who are sighing in relief at the end of May as you all get some much needed rest! I am a huge believer that creating with our hands is healing, so I hope you will join me for Improv Houses this summer! Each Wednesday at 4pm CST I will go live on YouTube to work on this delightful sewing project together. It is FREE and anyone whose age is in the double digits is welcome to join us. (Younger kids and mixed media artists can s

May has flown by! Here is our monthly sewing plan Month 4 May Half Square Triangles (HST's) Instructions p. 27 HSTs p.13, make 1 HST p. 27, make 3 Half Square Triangles p. 8, make 1 Sashed HST's p. 17, make 2 Shoo Fly p. 17 make 1 Churndash p. 10, make 3 Windblown p. 4, make 1 Sewing Notes: You will be using 3" squares to make your half-square triangles. Ignore the pattern instructions to cut your squares at 2 7/8". Cut to 3" and you will have a little wiggle room when you

Hello Friends! How is your Boho Heart Quilt coming along? Here is the list of blocks for you to complete for month 3. This month we have a lot of tiny square in squares to complete, but all 15 are made the same way, so once you find a groove, they will come together fairly quickly. Month 3 April 2026 Square in a Square & Fabric Swap optional 3" block fabric swap - details to come; these can be used next month for HST's Instructions p. 28 Spools of Thread p. 24, make 1 Squar

Month 2 March 2026 Checkerboard, Courthouse Steps Checkerboard p. 13, make 1 Little Checkerboard p. 24, make 1 Nine Patch p. 25, make 2 Instructions for Courthouse Steps p. 28 Courthouse Steps p. 6. , make 4 Courthouse Steps p. 4, make 1 Intersection p. 5, make 1 purchase fabric if you plan to participate in 3" block swap (*swap is now closed) This month you'll want to check that you are sewing consistent 1/4" seams. This will help your blocks go together smoothly. If you do

Grab a friend and join us for some sewing fun this summer! On Wednesdays at 4pm Central Standard Time, join me on YouTube. I will be live, doing a demo of easy house blocks. We are creating fast and fun blocks, full of whimsy. It is summer time and we want our projects to be the most fun possible! If you are a beginner at sewing, this is perfect for you. If you a teaching a kid how to sew, this would be a fantastic project to partner with them! You can join Happy Quilty

Hi Happy Quilty People! Would you like to participate in a fabric swap? This March, I am hosting a swap in which we will exchange 3” blocks, which are perfect for making 2 1/2” half square triangles. Here are the details: Welcome to the March 2026 Happy Quilty People Fabric Swap! (If you are here after March 17, welcome to a video about how you can swap fabric for HSTs with your friends!) Here’s the time stamps, so you can skip to the part you need to see 00:00:00 Welcome &

Hello Quilty Friends! I want to show off some of the blocks I’ve seen so far, and sum up what’s happened so far in Month 1! Our last Sunday live Zoom is Sunday February 24 at 3pm CST. Here’s the Facebook event & Zoom link . Gallery of blocks made by group members I’ll post links to all the info videos for this month below. Are you new here? Here's your invitation to join us for the Jen Kingwell BoHo Heart BOM! Second Sunday LIVE: FAQs https://youtube.com/live/AiE_pTmkRkU Her

Starting in February 2026, Happy Quilty People + the Artsy Girl Gang are hosting a block of the month sew-a-long for Jen Kingwell's scrappy heart sampler quilt. We want to start with the easiest blocks and learn as we work toward the more difficult blocks. This quilt is an intermediate level quilt, and meant to be pieced with a sewing machine. If you are a beginner level quilter, we will help you along with tips and tutorial videos. We also suggest that you could make this

I loved this printed fusible the first time I saw it, and I was thrilled to get to take a class to learn how to use it! I am all for anything that makes sewing easier, and this makes putting together a patchwork quilt so fast! I attended Carmen's class at the Houston International Quilt Festival For this class, taught by product creator Carmen Geddes, we started with 2 jelly rolls and yardage of 1 main fabric. The class is called Jelly Roll Magic. We cut all the fabric into

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