Have you ever used Shannon Cuddle (Minky) fabric as a quilt backing? It is now my favorite way to ‘back a quilt’. When you pick up almost any of the quilts that I have made over the years, almost all of them use super soft Shannon Cuddle Fabrics. So, the question I...
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Cuddle Blankets – Quick and Easy
One of my favorite things to make and to give is incredibly soft warm blankets – and I LOVE using Shannon fabrics – it is so luxurious and soft! They make great gifts for everything from birthdays to Christmas, to graduations, and weddings! I have three different...
Getting Creative with Fabric Panels
Comfort and Joy! Getting Creative with Cuddle Fabric Panels Tis the season to be Jolly …….. and to share Comfort and Joy with everyone around us! And what better way than with a ‘comforter’? Did you know where our company name, the McKay Manor Musers, came from? ...
DIY Fleece Blankets – Make great gifts!
Light the World Each year in December our church – the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints – offers a program they call Light the World. This year the theme is Light the World with Love – We can all play a part in the Christmas Story. There is a great video...
Let’s Play … or Rest … On a fun mat!
Looking for a mat to place in front of a bed? Or a mat in your kitchen? Or a playmat in a room? Or, a picnic in the park? Or .... my favorite, a mat for a nap? (that could be you or the kids!) Look no further! Just put together one of these easy mats. All you...
What do you know about your mothers mothers mother?
I am in charge of putting together activities for our women’s organization at our church and we are finally able to get back together in person this next week (with some restrictions of course) and I wanted to do something to celebrate Moms! One of the sisters in our...
Caught between the Seasons!
Not sure what it is like in your neck of the woods - but here in Colorado it is sunny one day and it snows the next day. That means it is time to make a new wreath to encourage Spring to take over ... and to make a new blanket because it is still 27 degrees when we...
Samples for Sale
We started our business almost ten years and looking back we have written over 100 patterns - wow! And we typically created a sample for each of the patterns that we could use to test the directions and to take a picture that we can use on the pattern covers. Just a...
Easy Peazy Square Blankies
I wanted to make special Christmas presents for a few of my nieces. We just got these new panels, that have a gorgeous digital design by Hoffman printed on luxurious Cuddle fabric. They have a number of different panel designs, and we got 4 of our favorites: a Cougar,...
More Animal Print Throws
We just moved to Woodland Park CO and a typical morning here means temperatures that are around or even below freezing - blankets (and an amazing fireplace) have become more and more important. I just purchased a bolt of two more of Shannon Fabrics Digital Prints -...
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