So a lot to talk about. Something happened today and I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and even though I’m a little scared to talk about these things, I’m gonna do it anyway. Today, I want to talk about the collective consciousness, ideas, innovation, and originality. Humans have been around for a few years, and in a very real way, we are beholden to all who came before us. You see, we're social beings - we interact, we learn almost everything we know from each other

I recently got an idea for a quilt. Nothing particularly innovative, but I had gotten these gorgeous Glacier fabrics from @carylbreyerfallert and I knew I wanted to do something circular with them. I thought about the fabrics for a few weeks but was having trouble figuring out exactly what I wanted to do. One day I got them out and looked at them, and suddenly I knew exactly what I wanted to do. You know that feeling when something just clicks in your brain? I remembered s

So here it is, finally - my review of my Janome Continental M7, also known as Mongo Jennie. I’ve had her since February, but I really wanted to use her for a while before I wrote about her. Let me begin by saying - I love this machine! It’s a few inches bigger than my Bernina 750B, with a longer sewing space (14 inches!) as well, which is of course nice to have, especially since I do all my own quilting. It has all the important, fancy features (auto thread cutter, hover foot