Twice a year we have an opportunity to go to Quilt Market to show our patterns to the quilt stores. It brought back a lot of memories for me. My grandmother owned Hughes Style and Floral store in Milford UT for over 50 years. I remember that...
Blog - Posts by Sheila
Celebrating Summer Solstice
Where were you for the summer solstice? Once a year we get to 'steal' the granddaughters and take them on a road trip with our truck and trailer. This year we were headed for Craters of the Moon, Yellowstone, Tetons and Rocky Mountain National Park. We expected it to...
Spring Vests for Little Girls
Looking for a quick little project before Easter? I was at Kira's house before the birth of Isla and I wanted to make vests for each of the girls - I looked for a pattern for a crop vest with little cap sleeves - and couldn't find one ... so I decided I must have to...
Getting Creative … Mermaid Tails
Kira saw a really cute sleeping bag that looked like a Mermaid and wanted to know if I could make one for each of her three girls for Christmas so I headed to her craft room and pulled out some cuddle fabric. I found three coordinating designs and started to work. I...
Happy New Year
Seems like every year I look back and think – what a great year – I am so blessed! And I also wonder how I could have packed so much into one year – I still work full time for HP as a product manager and run our little business with the best partners ever - my two...
Giving Thanks and Lighting the World
I just got to spend a fabulous week out at Kira’s house for the Thanksgiving Holiday – so once again I am reminded of how incredibly blessed we are and how many reasons we have to be thankful. When Kira and Kayla were growing up, each Thanksgiving we got...
For the Love of Cats! Free downloadable pattern if you read to the end of this crazy post
Cats have been a part of my life for as log as I can remember – growing up we always had cats and kittens. That's me and my little brother David with our siamese cat ... We grew up in Logan, Utah where we had a half and acre lot and seems like we had kittens pretty...
Seahorse Stuffed Animal Pattern
I’ve followed in my father’s footsteps in many ways. I think my love of photographing nature comes from him. My first photography love is flowers. My husband and children have endured hours and hours of me photographing flowers over the years. My second love is...
Christmas Stockings
When I was little we had the hardest time making ourselves go to sleep on Christmas Eve because we were so excited for Santa to come. I think we probably woke up around 3 in the morning to go down and gaze in awe at the Christmas tree, and the presents, and the...
Quick and Easy Christmas Gifts for Keeping You Warm From Your Head to Your Toes
It seems like lots of people in the blog-iverse are sharing their holiday gift guides right now, and I figured we should too. I personally love getting, and giving handmade gifts. However, as we all know, this is a busy time of year. I don’t know about you, but I...
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