I love quilts. I love vintage sheets. And I LOVE quilting! So when you put those things together, you end up with a colorful, vintage-y quilt! The real fun part about this quilt is that I put it together, start to finish, in a single day! It was a little crazy and certainly ambitious, but I got it … [Read more...]
Works in Progress
I've got a million things to do today... and then I'm off an adventure with my friend Shelli :) We're heading to Fort Worth to do some shopping and take a break from our tiny little town! Hello Starbucks and Panera!! :D Before I head off, I thought I'd show you a few of the things I made this … [Read more...]
Sunset Quilting Retreat, Take 3!
I got to go away this past weekend :) I enjoyed a whole lot of girl time, a little bit of relaxing and finished 2 quilt tops! This was my third trip ( The first trip & The second trip.) to Sunset Retreat for a quilting weekend, and it gets better every time! I took a fair number of pictures this … [Read more...]
Christmas Stars Scrappy Quilt
The very first Christmas I spent in Texas, I decided that I wanted to make a quilt. I loved that Christmas Quilt so much that I then decided it needed to become an annual tradition! Of course, I have YET to finish one of these quilts BEFORE Christmas! But I've been getting closer and closer to being … [Read more...]
All the Christmas Things!
Guess what?!?!?!? Christmas is in 2, yes TWO months! Can you tell I'm a little excited? I. Love. CHRISTMAS! I'm already planning and scheming and making and shopping. I've got a nice long list of projects and things I want to do/make over the next couple months. I am determined to do all the … [Read more...]
Quilting Retreat and Works in Progress
If you follow me on instagram or facebook, you may have noticed that I was talking about Quilts A LOT for 4 days over the weekend. Thats because I was gone to a quilting retreat :D Hosted at the lovely Sunset Retreat, just 20 minutes from home, I got to bust through some projects, make new friends … [Read more...]
Quilt Love – I’ve got Spring Fever!
Well its snowing as I write this... snow in Texas! Seems completely appropriate to start dreaming about some spring-y quilts! If you've been around Busy Being Jennifer for any length of time, you've probably picked up on my love for quilts. And some of the new fabric lines coming out for spring have … [Read more...]
Hexi Quilt! #ImAddictedToQuilting
In case you haven't noticed, I have a bit of a quilting addiction. While I am not the fastest quilt-maker (quilter-er? quiltest?), I take pride in each of my creations. They're kind of like my babies... a labor of love and they seem to develop their own "fabric personality". My latest finished quilt … [Read more...]
Christmas Quilt
Yesterday I shared about my first quilting retreat experience, and as promised I am back to show off the quilt I worked on that weekend :) Now, my plan was to finish the quilt top that weekend and then the next week finish the quilting and binding. I would have had a beautiful new quilt for … [Read more...]
What I am working on…
I've been sadly lacking in the creativity department for the past couple weeks. I hadn't really been doing much of anything. Partly because I've been sick/dealing with a flare up and partly because I was in a bit of a funk. But its the New Year, I'm excited for all the amazing things in my future … [Read more...]
