after glow

There is new fabric in the shop!

Afterglow from Dear Stella

These are some of the fabrics that I have.  See that fuscia chevron - got it. See the blue paisley - got that too.  And the medallion fabric.  All rich and beautiful colors!

Here is the inspiration board from Dear Stella.  Aren't the colors amazing and fun!  What are you going to make?

FREE Sew Day

This Saturday, March 9 all are welcome to come into SKJ for a
FREE Sew Day!

Bring in your sewing projects and you can use my class room space, and cutting tables.

I will provide the coffee and hot chocolate :)

Saturday, March 9

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

FREE

Sew Day

Sew Katie Jean

603 5th Street

Lincoln

{916} 209-3930

kaffe = love

Last month I spent one of my days away from the shop at the Quilt Show in Folsom.

I do love Kaffe Fasset fabrics, in case you didn't notice.

So those were the quilts that I mostly took pictures of.

And here are most of them.

Does Kaffe = love for you too?

single girl

I have been working on a new quilt, and I am addicted to it! 

I even added a new board to my Pinterest, Single Girl. (big surprise :)

My new friend Amy made this one using Kaffe Fasset fabrics and his shot cotton.  Gorgeous!  She has been the one to inspire me to make one of my very own.

I am using these fabrics from Dear Stella, Bukhara.  I won them online and am finally using them!  I pulled mostly other pinks, funky greens, and yellows to go with them.

I am also paper piecing my pattern instead of cutting out all of the squares and sewing them.  I really like doing the circle this way, and I think I am going faster than if I were doing it like I'm supposed to.  There are a couple of online tutorials of how to make it this way.  Denyse Schmidt also has a quilting template in her pattern that is perfect.

I hope this inspires you to make this quilt.  Let me know if you do.  I am having fun sewing mine!

valentie

Hello Valentine!

Last month I celebrated my birthday in the shop with a big sale and a sewing day.  I gave away this free quilt pattern that I found through pinterest, and here.

And I am still sewing on mine.  But, almost done!  I used 11 different Valentine fabrics from Lakehouse Fabrics.  And 1 1/2 yards of white for the background.  They are all cut into 2 1/2" strips.  It has been really fun and easy.  Like me!

holiday

We have been in the snow!  We stayed an extra day too.

Because we had too.

 The kids loved it and played outside safely each bit of daylight that they could.

My girl was in her pj's the whole time. Different pairs of course, and under snow pants.  They were so happy!

We took a silent walk through the woods with our short legged and very happy dog Scout.

Kids tore open their presents.

The girls did some sewing with Gram.

We made sure to take a photo with Santa and made double sure that Grandfather was in the picture.

And just spent our time happily hanging out.  No rushes, no worries.  It was wonderful and perfectly perfect.

fruit

My boy is 11 year's old now.  He is a crack up! Both my boys are actually (at least I think so).  And a bit of a rag a muffin.  He is going through a scruffy phase of not wanting to cut his hair.  There are worse things.

Today I was in the garden pruning up all my roses for winter.  He came out and asked me if he could make a fruit salad.  I know he loves to eat different foods, but this was a new request.

Apple, pear, grapes, and maraschino cherries (with the cherry juice). And yes, he did make it.  He is good with a knife thanks to boy scouts.  Isn't it just gorgeous!  Much like himself.