Hmmm, you wanna know more about me, eh? Well, let’s see, I’m a wife, a mom of 4, an avid lover of Law & Order and coffee, and a lifelong sewing addict.
I’ve always been a crafty dork. I remember a childhood filled with pottery classes and beading looms…with hours and hours spent between the tall bookshelves of my local library, always in the craft aisle, hunched over and devouring a fat stack of books on embroidery, or drying flowers, or sewing…anything and everything I could get my hands on.
Crocheting pillows with great grandma…if only I’d spent less time winding yarn and more time rescuing that hair!
I first learned to sew by making garments with my mother to enter in the county fair. How eternally grateful I am to her for teaching me to sew at such a young age!
Caught the quilting bug soon thereafter when I joined a local charity quilting group around 12 or 13. Just me & a slew of older ladies in a church basement strip piecing quilts for victims. Like I said, I was super cool in Jr. High.
Meet my day job!
And here’s my cozy basement sewing room!!!
Well, that’s me in a nutshell! Thanks for stopping by! Do say hello! Makes my day when I hear from you!
XO
Amy
You have a loving family, Amy! I really enjoyed the 2012 BOM of Craftsy, and look forward to your BOM 2013. Let me tell you that I am not a native English speaker, but Spanish, but hearing your videos has really helped improve my English learning because your pronunciation is very clear.
Wow finally i think i am doing this right i hope im not riteing on some one elses post.Amy the babys are just beatiful.You have a sweet little family.I took your class and i was wondering when is the cut off date for your next one.I did finish my quilt but never did figure out how to send you a pic.Well I just stoped by to say hello
I’m rearranging my sewing room and your sewing room inspires me! Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Amy, I remember watching great grandma, winding wool , making doll clothes, but mother would not buy me a sewing machine aged 10, I had to learn how to make doll clothes by hand… Little tiny twitches, she had a motto, ‘take it out and do it again, she bought me my first machine when I was aged 11…..a beautiful singer, which died about 5/6 years ago, my mom in law let me have her husqvana Viking … Could not really bond with it,… Got myself a new machine, and she sings like my singer, she is a silvercrest…. I can quilt on her to… And a whole heap of tuff…. I reall have been enjoying your 2012 BOM… Can’t wait for you to do another session…
I love seeing your sewing studio. I was particularly attracted to the wall shelf with all the nooks and crannies for supplies. Thanks so much for sharing your darling family with your sewing fans.
Amy, I am looking forward to the “Sugar block series” when does it start?
You have a beautiful family, thank you for sharing. But, lets hear about that handsome angel husband too!
Have a great holiday season too.
I did your block of the months in 2012 looking forward to 2013 Sugar Block series.
Had a very wonderful time watching your videos and being able to go back and see if i missed something.Your family is so darling.
Also what kind of machine do you use on the show its a husquavarna viking what?
Thats a quilting machine right?
Are you going to have new lesson for the new year or will you have time? You have a nice family.
wonderful! thanks for sharing!
amy, on your snowball quilt, if you stitch a second line next to the first one on the corner blocks, when you cut in between them, you will have little HST’s from the 4 corner blocks. so you stitch 2 lines per corner. does that make sense the way i explained it?
thanks,
mary :)
Thank you Amy and belated congratulations on the twins’ arrival! Just wanted to express to you my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for sharing with quilters worldwide (I am a US expatriate living in the heart of Europe for the last 30+ and still counting years) your passion and your knowledge about making quilts. I love it and look forward to checking out your news every month. God bless!!
AT
I sure like your sewing space. I like the white. Congratulations on your family. You will be a very busy Mom.
Wonderful studio! I have the same quilt frame and really enjoy it. It allowed me to finally get all my quilt tops finished!
Your sewing room is fantastic; it’s inspired me to redo mine so that I like the colours better. I can hardly wait for January so we can start the Sugar Block quilt. And along with the others, thanks for sharing the pics of your darling family. My children are grown, and I now have 4 grand daughters, for whom I’m making quilts this year.
Loved your BOM quilt for 2012, and very much looking forward to 2013! Thanks for all the tips!
Oooohhhh. I love finding a new interesting blog. Would love to keep my work surfaces as tidy as yours.
All I’m going to say it WOW! Love that you have space to quilt with 4 little ones. I have 3 myself and only get to look at my sewing bag from afar most days. #2 I LOVE your craft space…we all need a woman cave! Well done! Oh, and your work is amazing, but I hope you already know that. After all, it’s from your soul.
Hello Amy ! First of all, Happy New Year to you and to your nice family ! I’ve just discovered your videos on Craftsy, so I’m new in quilting…. I will start soon to make blocks, thanks to your explanations… and I can’t wait ! Quilting is traditional in your country, and not that common in Europe (not like in US)….I have been sewing for longtime, recently I had an exhibition with some dolls and plushies (some of them crocheted, amigurumi style)….Well, just to say thank you so much for the experience you’re sharing with all of us, you’re amazing ! Take care, Ornella
Hello Amy. What a beautiful family. Four little ones all at once. I can relate. My son and his wife have three little girls right now and his wife just had back surgery. So I understand how busy you can get. Those little ones don’t slow down for anything. I just finished your Craftsy Block of the Month course which I thoroughly enjoyed. I just signed up for your Sugar Block of the Month. I’m a bit late but hopefully I can catch up. I’m looking forward to continuing to quilt along with you.
What memories your pictures brought back. I quilted with three “stair step” boys…I often quilted 8pm til midnight so I could keep up the momentum without interruptions. My husband was a sea captain and gone months at a time. Loved the 2012 BOM project and will post hopefully today (Eastern Quilter). I have so many quilts I want to make…ideas are endless! Now I am thinking of your new BOM course (see that…I should not have looked! LOL). Lovely family! Thanks for sharing what you do ;)
Hi Amy. I’m so inspired by you. I love sewing but sometimes need the motivation to get started. I loved doing the BOM 2012. Haven’t finished it yet but I will. Got side tracked with some other projects I was doing for a class. I am also working on a hexagon quilt which was inspired by one of the blocks last year. The ladies in quilt class love it. I’m not sure how to finish it so I just keep making it bigger and bigger. If you have any suggestions on that I’d love to hear them. Thanks for being here. Keep up the great work.
Amy!!!! you are best girl!!!! that great smile. And your method of teaching is so relaxing and challenging at the same time. I’m so enjoying BOM 2012. Great blocks. Thank you.
S
Please tell us about your quilting frame! I have been interested in this type of frame for some time but never been able to find someone that actually has one. Are you allowed to tell me the make? You have a wonderful family, enjoy every minute !! They grow up so fast!
Amy, purchased the Craftsy 2012 BOM last year, and am finally getting around to sewing. Am on July now, and having a blast, love your enthusiasm, and you do an awesome job presenting new techniques. Your family is beautiful, bet they keep you very busy. the best to you and family
Debbie Day
Thanks for sharing your beautiful family with us and that sewing room is just so super tidy!
HI- I AM JUST GETTING INTO QUILTING. I JUST WATCHED YOUR CRAFTSY CLASS AND THOUGHT IT WAS FANTASTIC. WOULD QUILT WITH YOU ANYTIME. I ENJOYED SEEING YOUR WONDERFUL FAMILY AND SEWING ROOM . GREETINGS FROM SASKATOON’ CANADA
Hi from Cobourg, Ontario, Canada .You are an inspiration. What a lovely family! I have been quilting for quite a while & love it. I just started BOM 2012 . I am learning so much. Thanks. Judy
Hi Amy-
I was looking for a way to say how much I enjoyed the online shop hop so here I am! Thank YOU for connecting us to it. What fun! Secretly, I wish more of the sewists/quilters owned Viking machines b/c I do love my Husqvarna Designer SE. I discovered you through your BOM on craftsy.com (loved it!) and will continue to follow you. As a 60-ish relatively new quilter in Indiana, it’s a thrill to know that you youngsters are keeping the craft going AND that you’re willing to teach us oldsters a thing or two. Merci beaucoup!
Dear Amy, I have completed my Quilt from BOM 2012 which I ended up quilting one block at a time and joining up with the ingenious method of binding shown by Leah Day. I finished it off with my first attempt at free motion quilting thanks to Leah day’s great tutorials. It is on my bed now and I am so happy with it. I am rearing to go with this year’s block of the month . Thank you both for your generosity in sharing such valuable knowledge.
Cheers from Australia, Barbara.
Hi Amy, I went to that new quilting shop and I really like that they have flat rate shipping and it is not real expensive.. They have a good price on their cotton solids.. Loved your pictures of your family! I just finished my craftsy quilt.. I decided a couple of weeks ago to do it and now it is finished.. I so enjoyed doing those blocks.. I have tried to learn paper piecing a couple of years ago and got frustrated.. You teaching it made it so clear… I just love it. It is like something finally clicked in my brain. Ha!