Many of us are empty nesters, and we cherish the times when our children and their friends and families return home. I think a quilter’s love language is not just in the quilts that we gift, it’s also in the way we display and use quilts in our homes. We want all who enter to… Continue reading Welcome Home Wreath: Wall hanging turned bed quilt!

I’m channeling spring.  We’ve had the winter to beat all winters in Minnesota, and I know many of you across the country have experienced the same thing. Mind you, I enjoy a pretty snowfall ~ in December and January and even February. But it is now the middle of March. Temps are in the single… Continue reading Nantucket Summer & the On Point Pillow (a free tutorial)

We’ve been in our new house for three months now, and I have to admit that I’m still trying to figure out where things belong and, more to the point, where I tucked things away! In our old house, my office/sewing room had a good sized walk-in closet which I kept fairly organized with all… Continue reading Find a jelly roll, sew a quick quilt!

If you’ve been following Carried Away Quilting since the beginning, you’ll know that I am blessed to have a group of quilting buddies who meet twice a year to sew, snack, scrapbook, talk, giggle and shop. It all began eighteen years ago when two church friends invited me to a retreat at a church camp… Continue reading A recent finish: the Mod Fresh Granny Tote