I’m a little late announcing the Timeless Traditions pattern giveaway winner! With kids home and a whirlwind of projects and activities, I’m not really sure what day it is… Congratulations Heidi! Send me an email to callimakesdo at gmail dot…
Today’s giveaway has a very special place in my heart. I am honored to host a pattern giveaway from a new pattern company, Timeless Traditions, by Norma Whaley. There are few women I know who are more talented than Norma.…
Hurray for fun packages in the mail! I could hardly believe when last week I when I dropped by one of my favorite blogs, nanaCompany, and saw my name. In the sweetest graphic, it read “Congratulations Calli”. How fun…
Oh my! May! What a month. It’s a whirlwind. My snowball Viburnum is in full bloom, as is my lilac, my bridal wreath spiraea, and lots of flowers. I am working on a pattern for the thread catcher. Slowly. It’s…
I finished my Bee blocks for Sinta. It’s a modern Dresden… destined to be an octagon, with an octagon center. Super fun! Since you are turning the ruler in alternating directions, you get two blocks from the same pieced strip. …
Welcome! I’m so happy to be hosting the Block #5 tutorial for the Virtual Quilting Bee hosted by my dear friend, Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter. I am honored (and a little humbled) to join such wonderful quilters…
The past few days, I’ve been making zipper pouches. They are fast and easy, and totally addicting. The tutorials I’m using are from Noodlehead. This one is the Open Wide Zipper Pouch. They make a perfect gift. I love how…
Life has been so topsy-turvy around here, I’ve let more than a few things fall behind this month. So this week I’ve been trying to catch up. I was happy (and relieved) to finally send off packages of fabric for…
It’s cool and rainy this morning, and I love nothing better than being snug in my home on a day like this. I got out early today and took a few photos in my yard between the rain showers. I…
This quilt pattern has been a LONG time in the making. I had the idea of making a kite quilt several years ago, and sketched out different ideas. Should the quilt have kites or just kite tails? How should I…
I hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. We had a quiet, relaxing day yesterday. It was so warm, we went on a long walk in the afternoon. Even though our neighborhood is still brown from Winter, we are…
I’ve never shown the finished quilt that my 10-year-old daughter Emma made for her doll Ruthie. She machine pieced the Dresden Plate and borders and appliqued the plate by hand. The other thing she did by hand was the quilting. …