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Congratulations to Joanne and Tina!   Joanne is collecting dots to make a dot quilt, so these ombre dots will come in super handy!   And Tina won the Notting Hill bundle, and she’s going to be sewing for her little niece!     Congratulations ladies! I’ll get those bundles mailed out to you just [...]

I’m so excited to be participating in Sew Mama Sew’s Giveaway day this year!!! WOoHoo! And if you’ve never been to my blog before, welcome! I hope you’ll stick around. I sell a few paper pieced patterns and I also have an Etsy shop. OK, here’s the deal. I’m giving away TWO bundles of fabric. [...]

Happy Mother’s Day!!! (don’t panic, it’s on Sunday!) My mom was born on May 11 too, so she gets a double holiday! This year is the first year I’ve really been a proficient sewer for the holiday, so I asked her what she’d like, and she decided on an AMH Art Student Tote. So I [...]

I listed a few batches of fabric destash on my Etsy site. Super cheap, even counting shipping. Some great deals! This weekend’s goals – make a second AMH art student tote for my mom for mother’s day/her birthday. Already did my destash, which was the other thing on my list! And of course visit Starbucks [...]

Thank you so much to everyone who purchased my Red Cross Rooster pattern on Craftsy. I sold 7 patterns this month (I only listed the pattern on April 21st!) so that’s $35 earned towards the Red Cross. Actually I lost a little on PayPal fees but it’s ok, I’ll cover it. So here’s the screenshots [...]

Abby from colorbarquilts.com used my free Spectrum Spinner pattern to make this cute mini-quilt for a rainbow challenge. Awesome job Abby, it looks amazing! Have you used one of my patterns for a project? I’d love to see it! Link me in the comments or send an email to sewwhatsherlock@gmail.com.

This weekend the hubster and I went on a drive up around lake Erie, drive through Sandusky, and stopped in Port Clinton. It’s a cute little town! And we got some popcorn at the Great Lakes Popcorn Co. which I am munching on right now. The popcorn store was sort of like the various froyo [...]

Some of you might have seen my bag here on the Lemon Squeezy Home Purse Week 2012 contest last year. I used hard drive parts for the little button and the metal rings that attach the strap to the bag. So today I’m going to show you how to salvage those parts from old hard [...]

Imagine my delight when I was tagged on Instagram by Jennifer of Hopeful Homemaker, who has used my feathered arrow pattern as a border on her Marcel Medallion quilt! It. Looks. Amazing. And I have to say, I think she’s right, the little white spaces between the feathers really do make the pattern. I still [...]