About Melissa
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I'm in charge of developing and merchandising all Connecting Threads' products, including new fabric collections. My background is in design, and I designed many fabric collections for Connecting Threads before becoming Director. I love bright colors and lean toward a modern, geometric quilting style, though I also have a soft spot for applique and embroidery. Along with sewing and quilting, I am also an avid knitter. |
All Posts
- New Embroidery Patterns for Spring
4-24-2012 - Cotton Lawn Tunic for Alice
4-5-2012 - Alligator Boxer Shorts
3-16-2012 - Alice's New Dress
3-8-2012 - Hello from maternity leave!
3-2-2012 - The joys of photographing toddlers
1-16-2012 - Snuggly quilt for my little guy
1-4-2012 - Quilt Finish & Quilting Fun
12-28-2011 - Taken Patiently's Handmade Holiday Challenge
11-11-2011 - Designing the Slow Poke baby quilt
11-7-2011 - Nordic Holiday quilt
10-21-2011 - Modern Mix Blog Tour & Giveaway
10-19-2011 - New Video Tutorials: Zipper Installation
10-18-2011 - Catching Z's
10-13-2011 - And the grand prize fabric design winner is...
10-12-2011 - Meet Fabric Design Finalist Jessica Majers
10-10-2011 - Scrap Republic Blog Tour
10-8-2011 - Meet Fabric Design Finalist Alexandra Coyle
10-7-2011 - Meet Fabric Design Finalist Leslie Walton
10-6-2011 - Meet Fabric Design Finalist Lee Heinrich
10-4-2011 - Meet Fabric Design Finalist Virginia Odien
10-3-2011 - Bag Ladies Kit
9-30-2011 - Weigh in!
9-20-2011 - The finalists of our Fabric Design Contest
9-1-2011 - The Winners of the Strip Smart Book Giveaway are...
8-22-2011 - Gifty Galore - Cactus Pincushion
8-17-2011 - Win a copy of Strip-Smart Quilts!
8-16-2011 - It's voting time!
8-15-2011 - New Tutorial: Chain Piecing 101
8-15-2011 - Now accepting entries
8-1-2011 - Quilts Made Modern Blog Tour & Giveaway!
7-30-2011 - Want to be a fabric designer?
7-18-2011 - New tutorial: How to Sew an Accurate Quarter Inch Seam
7-18-2011 - Baby Nine Patch quilt in Sunny Day Flannel
7-6-2011 - New collections and a new throw pillow tutorial!
6-29-2011 - How to Pick the Right Quilt Design for Your Quilt
6-21-2011 - Quilting with Golden Threads Quilting Paper
6-8-2011 - Top 5 Uses for Clearance Fabric
6-2-2011 - Learn to quilt with your home sewing machine
5-16-2011 - Melissa's Picnic Quilt
5-12-2011 - Want to sew samples for Connecting Threads?
5-11-2011 - Easy Curves Table Runner
4-19-2011 - A Guide to Thread
4-18-2011 - All about batting
3-21-2011 - Win a copy of Oliver + s Little Things to Sew!
3-14-2011 - Sewing the Small Books kit
2-28-2011 - Some eye candy and inspiration for Friday
2-25-2011 - All about needles
2-21-2011 - Kit Builder Contest Winners
2-16-2011 - Kit Builder Contest!
2-2-2011 - Calendar BOM patterns just posted
2-1-2011 - It's done! It's done! (Paintbox Wall Hanging)
1-26-2011 - Just in time for Valentine's Day
1-20-2011 - The first tutorial of 2011...
1-17-2011 - A splash of color on a dreary January day
1-7-2011 - A new year, a new quilt along!
1-3-2011 - Fabric Pricing
12-20-2010 - Dec La Table Contest - The Winner!
12-17-2010 - Off to a good home
12-2-2010 - 12 down, 37 to go!
11-19-2010 - The Practical Guide to Patchwork contest winners!
11-9-2010 - Elizabeth Hartman interview & a giveaway!
11-1-2010 - A new kind of kit in the catalog
10-7-2010 - Winter Fun
9-14-2010 - Congrats to Judith from Montana, winner of the Bright FQ sampler!
8-24-2010 - Win this bright fat quarter sampler!
8-18-2010 - Gifty Galore: Cute-as-a-Button Booties
7-26-2010 - Gifty Galore: Yo-Yo Pincushions
7-12-2010 - A brand new bag
6-16-2010


