Michelle Bartholomew

Quilt. Design. Photo

A Big Refresh

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This is going to be a personal post. I've never done one of these before, but life changing things need to be shared, right!? So grab your favorite bevie and get ready for some reading (I'm going with some wine, but I'll wait until I finish writing so I don't get all dramatic on it :)). Since I left college (9ish years ago), I've done several jobs... high school teacher, children's book editor, inventory management, software trainer, and technical writer. While none of these jobs are terrible … [Read more...]

Shooting Stars – EPP update

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Hey friends! It's been awhile since I posted about my epp project (now called Shooting Stars!) and I thought you might want to see how things are going. Here are all of my completed stars: I started this project as a way to use my vintage fabric collection and it didn't really have a plan. I've since been trying to make it a little more cohesive and loosely sticking with reds, blues, pinks, greens and greys. These are my newest blocks: I have a few more stars in the works and … [Read more...]

Lame blogger question

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Sorry for this lame post, but this is just driving me crazy... According to google/blogger I'm a no-reply blogger. I've followed several tutorials and done everything to change it, but nothing works. **to clarify, my blog is on wordpress, but to comment on blogger blogs I sign in with a blogger account. It's this blogger account that I just can get unstuck from no-reply** -The "show my email" box in my blogger account is checked -When you click on my blogger profile, there's an email link … [Read more...]

First Swoon Block

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Oh hey again. It's been a little quiet around these parts. I spent some quality time with my beast (read: better than best) friend last week and have just been settling in back at home. Since I've been back I've mostly been catching up on everyone's entries in the Blogger's Quilt Festival. Seriously, you folks are all amazing! I did find a little time to start on my first swoon block for my picnic quilt. Piecing this together was not easy. I don't know if it was the chambray or I … [Read more...]

Scrabble Success and the Giveaway Winner Announcement

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Well friends, birthday week has drawn to a close. Thank you so much for all of the birthday wishes. I have a feeling this year will be full of new adventures. I'm excited to share a little mini finish with you all today. My scrabble board is finally done! I love it, wonky-ness and all. And I pushed my fears away and started cutting my fabrics for my swoon blocks. This picnic quilt is not going to best me! And now for the exciting news... The winner of the $25 Etsy giftcard is … [Read more...]

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