Are you the creative type who loves to design, create, and make? Have you thought about opening a store on Etsy? Setting up shop is easier than you think! Click on over to CatholicMom.com to read this month’s Small Business Strategy: Selling on Etsy. To view all our Small Business Strategies articles, click here!
September 28th is CASAColumbia® Family Day – Be Involved. Stay Involved.®. This national initiative was established to promote simple acts of parental engagement as key ways to help prevent risky substance use in children and teens. Family Day reminds parents how important it is to connect with their kids at various times throughout the day including while driving their kids to…
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The 2015 San Diego Quilt Show’s was a collection of color, applique, and beautiful artistry! This year’s theme was “A Walk in the Park,” chosen to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1915 Panama-California Exposition held in Balboa Park. It was a week of classes, beautiful quilts, and shopping at the vendor mall. Instead of a long post, I thought I’d…
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My little man started preschool! I’ve been so fortunate to be able to be home with him these past few years, and I wouldn’t trade our time together for anything. They’ve been so special to us both – though I *swear* we were just working on getting him to sleep through the night! While I miss him the two days…
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A few months ago, our sweet neighbor Mimi passed away after a long battle with cancer. She was the neighborhood matriarch, always ready with a meal when a new baby arrived, gifts for the children on Easter and Christmas, and devoted to her bunnies. The last time we visited Mimi was when she was on hospice – a few days…
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So excited to share this free motion quilting fish pattern with you! I pieced together a fishing-themed baby quilt (can’t wait to share that with you next week), and – when it came time to quilt it down – I really wanted to do something besides stitching in the ditch, or diagonal lines, or curves. I started doodling on a…
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My hubby and I aren’t huge movie people, but every once in a while one comes out that we really want to see – and The Drop Box is definitely on our “must watch” list. ‘The Drop Box tells the story of South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak and his heroic efforts to embrace and protect the most vulnerable members of society. It is…
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See all our quilt blocks for this quilt here! This year-long quilt along is centered around The Farmer’s Wife 1930’s Sampler Quilt book by Laurie Hird. The book is comprised of 99 blocks, each inspired by a letter written during the Great Depression. The Farmer’s Wife is a magazine started at the turn of the 1900’s, featuring recipes, poultry keeping, stories,…
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So excited to share some exciting news!!! Monica at Equipping Catholic Families, Jennifer from Catholic Inspired, and I are teaming up to help make your Catholic crafting easier. If the aisles of Hobby Lobby are where you seek refuge, the only thing you’ve ever shot is a glue gun, and gramming is how you share your pics with the world,…
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What would Halloween be without a few sticky spider webs and blooming pumpkin patches? Not Halloween, that’s for sure. This year, add a bewitching twist to your Halloween quilt with free motion quilting spider webs and pumpkins! I’ve used these patterns on both the Halloween-themed Yuma QAL as well as the Scrap Strip Halloween Runner; it’s amazing how the same pattern…
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One of the challenges most quilters face is scrap fabric. Some love it, some hate it, some keep every scrap, some…well, you get the idea. I recently found myself in the “keep every scrap” group; a few weeks ago I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Yuma QAL sponsored by Gotham Quilts. I had been wanting to make…
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Looking for a great way to share the saints with your family, classroom, and friends? Want to learn more about our saints in a fun way? Equipping Catholic Families has created an adorable, educational, and incredibly enjoyable way to get to know the saints better. Introducing the Super Saints Cards Kit! This 54-deck of cards features one saint per card…
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25th Day of Advent: Birth of Jesus Christ Are you looking for a way to bring more faith – and faith focused fun – to your Advent season? We are so excited to share our new book: Our Family’s Jesse Tree. This printable eBook contains over 80 pages of detailed ornament templates (like the one shown above), daily scripture readings (with…
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It’s Christmas in July! …though with the hot, muggy weather we’ve been having, I feel a bit like a melting snowman. I’ve never made a charm quilt, so it’s exciting to be part of Crayon Box Quilt Studio’s Christmas Charm Swap (I’ve also gone crazy on Pinterest making a new board just for charm quilt ideas and patterns.). Charm quilts are…
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Do you love to sew and quilt? Ever read a pattern and wished you could reach out to the designer for clarification on a step? Want to learn some new techniques, while sharing yours? Becoming a pattern tester is a great way to connect with a designer, and take a new concept (pattern) for a test drive before it is…
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