The news changes on a daily basis, it seems, and each morning we’re waking up and adjusting our day based on the news. Our family is slightly less impacted, from a school perspective, than other families as we already homeschool three days per week. So, for us, it’s just the addition of two extra days per week through mid-April. Yet,…
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TGIFF: The Emperor’s Garden (and Finishing the Quilter’s Planner 2017 Quilt Along)
My finish today for TGIFF is really more of an almost finish – but after three years of sitting around, I’m so very ok with that! This quilt was many, many years in the making. It started in 2015 when my mother-in-law bought me a really unique fabric bundle, called The Emperor’s Garden. The fabrics were unique both in color and design;…
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Pattern: Lent Cross Quilt – Good Friday – Golgotha
As I sit here preparing to roll this cross quilt pattern out this weekend, I can’t help but notice that it’s Ash Wednesday…a fitting day to be preparing this pattern for rollout. Today, we receive our ashes: we are from dust, and to dust we shall return. We turn away from sin, and are faithful to the gospel. Each of…
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Living Liturgically this Lent: Catholic Mom Bundle 2020
* SALE ENDS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2020 * How did you spend Lent last year? Ours was a bit crazy, as we were still on our cross-country trip. We did what we could, but it wasn’t as rich – from a faith perspective – as I would have liked. This year, I’ve been working to get ahead and am planning…
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Handmade: Organic Cotton Milestone Baby Blanket Quilt (Catholic / Rosary)
Do you have a new baby, or are you looking for the perfect gift for an expectant mom-to-be? This beautiful, 100% organic cotton milestone baby blanket, is a wonderful way to mark each month that your baby grows – both in size, and in faith! The top of the blanket reads: “For this child I have prayed. 1 Samuel 1:27”,…
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Quilt-Along: The Storyteller’s Sampler Quilt
One of my favorite parts about quilting is the amazing online network of quilters. Whether you live in the US or AU, it’s so easy to stay connected and learn from each other! I’m excited to join up with a lovely quilter from Australia in sharing her book, The Storyteller’s Sampler Quilt. This absolutely stunning quilt is made from 363 tiny…
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2020 Quilt Alongs and Sew Alongs List
VIEW THE NEW UPDATED 2022 LIST HERE! The new year is just two weeks away, and that means that a whole host of new quilt-alongs (and sew-alongs) are about to begin! Each year, it seems, I find out about these quilt-alongs a bit too late. I’ll be scrolling through Instagram, or perusing the latest posts in a Facebook quilt…
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2020 Quilter’s Planner Sew-Along
Can you believe it’s time for another year? That means another quilt with The Quilter’s Planner. My favorite thing about TQP is the wonderful year-long sew-along they host; with just one block per month, it’s a sew-along that even I can keep up with! The quilt we’ll be making this year is designed by the talented Karen Lewis of Karen…
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Living Liturgically: Celebrating St. Nick’s Feast Day (ways to celebrate Saint Nicholas)
Saint Nicholas, or St. Nick if you’re on familiar terms, was a Christian bishop who consistently provided for the poor and sick throughout his life. His life is celebrated in the modern, and popular, Santa Claus – where even his name (saint translated as Santa, Nicholas shortened to Claus) reminds us of who we are truly honoring. Born in 280…
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Fabric: St. Nick / Saint Nicholas
Saint Nicholas was a Christian bishop who consistently provided for the poor and sick throughout his life. Born in 280 in Patara, Lycia (modern-day Turkey), to wealthy parents who died young, Nicholas is remembered as a kind, loving man who used his inheritance to provide for the poor. Today, we honor his spirit in the modern-day Santa Claus. In this…
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Tutorial: Sew a Custom Baby Blanket Quilt (kit)
Welcome to our beginner sewing class on sewing a custom baby blanket quilt with this kit! Are you ready to take the jump into quilting, but overwhelmed with the thought of walking into a giant fabric store, not knowing what to buy, unsure of how to cut and piece, and short on time? We’ve got you covered! This custom baby…
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Living Liturgically: Celebrating St. Lucy’s Feast Day (ways to celebrate Saint Lucy)
St. Lucy, or Saint Lucia, was a young Christian martyr (283-304) who, along with Mary, is one of eight women commemorated by name in the Cannon of the Mass. Her story is a harsh reminder of what life was like for early Christians (and still is, for some): tradition shares that her eyes had been gouged out by a suitor…
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Living Liturgically this Advent: Catholic Mom Bundle 2019
~ VIEW THE 2020 ADVENT BUNDLE SALE HERE ~ How did you spend Advent last year? For many (including me!) the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas has become a hectic season of preparations and premature celebrations. This year, I’ve been working to get a jump on the crazy that Advent brings, and am already finding a greater sense of peace…
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Living Liturgically: Celebrating the New Liturgical Year’s Eve with a Party
I love just about any excuse to get together for a celebration, so this year I’m excited to host a party at our parish to celebrate the new year – the New Liturgical Year, that is! The church’s calendar begins each year not on January 1st like the traditional Gregorian calendar created by Pope Gregory, but it instead begins on…
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Tutorial: Sew St. Nick Treat Bags / Saint Nicholas Gift Bags DIY
Welcome to our beginner sewing class on creating a set of St. Nick Gift Bags! Some of my favorite childhood celebrations was the anticipation of seeing what Saint Nicholas would leave in our shoes. Each night, on the eve of his feast day, my siblings and I would find *the biggest* shoe we could find and would place it by…
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