I’ve made a Facebook Group for people who like to share there! Michelle from Cole & Taffy, and I, will drop in at least weekly. You can also use the tags #theseedlingquiltsbook and #talesofcloth or #talesofclothEPP to be seen by more people. Share your photos with the hashtags #SeedlingsQAL and the hashtag for the quilt you’re making and then browse around the hashtags to see what others are sewing. Will you make your own quilty garden? Join us! The whole QAL will happen over on Instagram. I wanted to enjoy the encouraging, inspiring, community of friends sewing together that first got me hooked to quilting 8 years ago. So as soon as I settled on the idea of a sampler quilt, I knew I wanted a sew-along with you! I wanted us to enjoy that feeling of stitching together, even though my quilt was already finished. It all happened behind closed doors, and when everything was shiny and ready, then I shared it. The decisions, the quilts that got left till after because they weren’t quite right and I couldn’t figure out why, The little wins, the losses, the stress and buzz. Sewing right now is the best thing I can be doing right now! That feeling doesn’t always hang around long! But gosh, I missed sharing the process with you. I really loved making a collection of quilts with stories and designs that related to each other.

I loved the deep dive into quilts without putting something on hold to get a good progress shot in daylight. So making this book was such a different creative experience for me. But when I wasn’t sure where something was going, or when I was super proud of myself, or when I dug up an old WIP or finished a quilt, I wanted to tell someone other than my baby and toddler (though, I would tell them too!). I loved to sew on my own too! I come up with ideas on my own, I love to stitch in the wee, quiet hours. I didn’t know any quilters in real life but I loved to sew in company. I didn’t really understand why, but just making wasn’t enough. Gosh it feels good to have this book out in the world! When I first started sewing in all the open spaces of my life 8 years ago, I also started this blog and a Flickr account (before the days of Instagram!).

Dabble and stitch