Hi everyone! Whew, I did not mean to be gone for that long! I hope your summer has been amazing! We had a late start to the summer here since the kids didn’t finish school until early July. I love the schedule (I’m sure I’ve said that before!) and the past week has been a great entry to our summer.

I’ve been saving links to share with you so let’s get started!

I love zip pouches and this quilt as you go tutorial is so great.

I’ve shared a link to the Ripples block tutorial before, and here are the blocks I’ve made. I was the queen bee last month so I can’t wait to see the blocks that were sent to me once we get our mail!

I really want to do a round robin quilt with someone. A couple of friends and I talked about doing it once, but that planning didn’t go beyond talking. I am making a note in my journal to remember this for when we get settled next. Here is a great explanation of how a round robin quilt works.

Check out this beautiful pillow made as part of a blog hop for a new english paper piecing book by Sister Diane! I love this design.

And finally, a free quilt pattern from Angela over at Cut to Pieces, an orla-look alike!

I am definitely deep in my #100DaysofStarquilts (links to the search on Instagram) but here are some great tutorials you should try if you have the time.

A beautiful wavy pillow

A jelly roll friendly quilt block tutorial

Write on a ruler to trim HST’s quicker

Mood ring quilt block tutorial

DIY wedding favors

Sewing a french seam (this is what I do when making pillow cases)

Screenprinting a quilt label (fantastic idea! I am so bad at adding a quilt label to what I make, and I assume that ironing one on can come off when it is washed multiple times.)

Though I don’t drink very often (despite being surrounded by possibly the best wine anywhere), I love a good margarita. Here is what sounds like a great orange margarita! David Lebovitz’s website is so great, I love reading his recipes and I wish I could have taken a tour from him while we lived here. When I finally realized he offered classes, they were already sold out. I look forward to trying the orange margarita though, April in Brittany has been beautiful but for the rain that came back a few days ago.

As always, it’s the behind the scenes stuff that is crazy interesting to me. Read all about how Tim Gunn spends his Sunday. I love his schedule, it looks very fun. I’ll have to write up how we spend our Sunday’s.

It’s a bit embarrassing to admit that I might speak less French than I did a year ago. I’m just not around enough French speakers, though I try to have the kids speak French around the house. They frequently correct my pronunciation, which is fine of course, and appreciated, but after a few times even that gets annoying. That’s not a great excuse I know, I need to study on my own and talk to the kids. I am not always looking for a new resource, but I stumbled upon this one recently. I am also looking for French music and then looking up the lyrics. Anything to make it a bit interesting right. Here is a good one I found not too long ago:

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Six ways to reinvigorate your creative work

Single fold binding tutorial – this is perfect for a mini or mug rug to keep the bulk down

Learn about six types of knits from Imagine Gnats

A Super Mario Quilt Along!