I’m so excited to share my new Maker Embroidery Kit with you! Have you heard about my shop, CaliStitching? It’s where I have premium kits with everything you need to make one of my projects, down to the right amount of the perfect color thread to beautiful scissors so you don’t have to dig around for […]
Mama Lisa Monday: How to Decide How to Quilt your Quilt.
Mama Lisa Monday: How to Decide how to Quilt your Quilt! The dreaded “Quilt as Desired”! So, your top is all finished and sandwiched with batting and backing and you are ready to quilt it, now what? You look at it, look at it some more and just keep looking because you just don’t know […]
The Moss Stitch Pillow Crochet Along – Celebrate! Part 5 of 5
We did it! I hope you had fun following along with the Moss Stitch Pillow Crochet Along! I would love your feedback about how this crochet a long went. I’ll take that and apply it to the next one 😉 Moss Stitch Pillow Celebration Giveaway As a celebration for finishing, let’s do a giveaway!! Anyone […]
Mama Lisa: How to Choose Quilt Batting
Quilt Batting can make you … batty! Mama Lisa on Quilt Batting Oh, the choices! Quilt batting also called wadding has come a long way in the last 20 years with so many choices and features. This post will try to help sort out some of the terms and key items to keep in mind […]
Melanie’s Quilt Gallery: The Sampler Quilt
Today’s post is about the sampler quilt. I have been slowly going through all of my quilts and rephotographing them in a little makeshift setting in my garage. I’m calling these posts Melanie’s Quilt Gallery so that I can catalog them but also share a bit more about them. Hopefully this will help you be […]
The Moss Pillow Crochet Along – Part 4 of 5
Hi Everyone! Moss Stitch Pillow Cover We made it! We are ready to put all of the pieces together on our crochet moss stitch pillow cover! As you are working on your pillow I would love it if you tagged me on social media and used #CALmelanie so I can see what you are up […]
The Moss Pillow Crochet Along – Part 3 of 5
Hi Everyone! It’s time for part 3 of the Moss Pillow Crochet Along! I hope you all are having fun stitching along as a group and working on this fun pillow together! If you aren’t sure what’s going on, click here for Part 1! Moss Pillow Crochet Along Part 3 The Plan This week is […]
Mama Lisa’s Quilt Piecing Tips
Mama Lisa is back today for Mama Lisa Monday! Today she is sharing all kinds of knowledge about quilt piecing tips for your quilts. Take it away Mom! Mama Lisa’s Quilt Piecing Tips! Hi Everyone! I’m excited to share some quilt piecing tips with you today. To some, it does seem somewhat odd that we […]
The Moss Pillow Crochet Along – Part 2 of 5
Today we are going to talk all about how to crochet the moss stitch on this moss pillow crochet along. If you are just now joining us and missed the part 1, you can find that HERE. It covers all of our supplies and details on the yarn;). The Plan The envelope pillow cover is […]
The Moss Pillow Crochet Along! Part 1 of 5
Hi! It’s finally here! The Moss Pillow Crochet Along! We will be making a crocheted envelope pillow cover using the beautiful and simple moss stitch. This stitch is also often called the linen stitch or garter stitch. This is beginner friendly. This CAL is free and will be hosted exclusively here on my blog. The […]
