Between Skill Builder BOM and QuiltCon preparation I have been snowed under for months. Last August when I started the shop addition of Pile O' Fabric I decided to apply for a booth space at QuiltCon.  QuiltCon was my first time ever having a booth at a show. Im happy to say it was a great success! I really enjoyed getting to meet...

The Quilt ShowA few months ago when I submitted my Concerto quilt to the show, I had really no experience with quilt shows. I just knew that it would be an honor to have a quilt hanging in a show. When I received word that my quilt was accepted I was so excited. I was in the middle of completing...

While I was at QuiltCon I took two workshops, on Thursday I took an all day FMQ workshop with Elizabeth Hartman. Elizabeth's first book Practical Guide to Patchwork was one of the first books that taught me to quilt. Back about 6 months ago at registration I barely new any FMQ so this class was one of my top picks. Fast...

I have been itching to write this post for days! When I thought about what I wanted to talk about in this post, I realized I have about 2 or 3 posts worth of stuff. So I decided I will break the posts up over the weekend to share about my trip.I had a fantastic time at QuiltCon and I...

Yesterday I announced the news of Aria Lane, and the new patterns we will be selling. One of them was Concerto, a quilt I actually showed you guys when it was just the quilt top a while back. Today I wanted to final share with you the finished quilt.Concerto PatternConcerto was inspired by a Mozart Record Cover, hence the reason for the...

With QuiltCon only weeks away, you may find me talking about it a bunch this month :) I am pretty excited. For those of you not going, I will try to post a ton of pictures so it feels like you are there with me! Signup to Meetup! For those of you who are coming to QuiltCon, would you like...

There are only 19 more days until QuiltCon! I am beyond excited, but it is a little bittersweet. I will be leaving my 10 month old son Everett for the first time :( and lets just say he is definitely a momma's boy! Besides that I am very excited. The other day the Modern Quilt Guild started a Linky Party for the...

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Tonight I think I will start putting out our Christmas decorations. We don't have to many, so I may have to start making some :) A Quilt for Lovelyn During my little Thanksgiving vacation up north I had sometime time to work on a quick little car seat quilt for my new...