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I offer embroidery services, custom quilt products, and longarm quilting services for those with quilt tops that need the final step completed! I also offer free tutorials and giveaways, on occasion, to my followers! Please feel free to stay awhile and contact me if you have any requests or questions.

07/01/2025

Flotsam and jetsam. My new name for projects made from scraps of another project, but specifically when they are still are from a fabric line, not truly scrappy.

I was thinking about sailing terms the other day because of the Daysail name for this line, and flotsam and jetsam came to mind. Odds and ends. Perfect, right?

The good news is that I finished the EPP shapes for this new project. The bad news is that I made too many triangles and will need to figure out what I’m going to do with the next collection of flotsam and jetsam….

06/28/2025

Oops, I did it again…

Another project in the works. 😬. In all fairness, it’s a “work in the studio” kinda project, not a “keep my hands busy anywhere” kinda project.

I’m hoping this will be my new toiletry bag. I’ve been thinking about this project for years and I’m hoping I can have it ready for our next trip. I’ve worked out all my design, measurements, and organization. Now to actually make it….I don’t want to jinx it by sharing the date I need it by🤞🏻

06/21/2025

We received the worst news last week.

Our family has to say goodbye forever to another child. It’s not my story to tell, but please hug your kids, tell them you love them…hold on to them tight…especially when they are adults.

I had started this butterfly project for a cross-stitch gallery wall that I put together this summer. It was originally for my own sweet Jamie, but now I know it’s for our oldest nephew. He will always be the sweet boy I hugged and loved on for 32 years. RIP cowboy.

04/06/2025

Miss me?

Finally decided to end my unexpected, unplanned, extended vacation from social media. Time to get back to posting mediocre content. No reel or fanfare.

Skipper is supervising my current project on this gloomy day. Very pleased with it so far. It’s one of the quilty touches I’m making to our recent bedroom makeover. All the blue green colors are my favorites. Anyone’s else’s?

07/10/2024

Today is brought to me by a little stitching and my teenager saying “pink Godzilla is hot!”

12/22/2023

It’s time for a break!!

12/14/2023

A spool full of love!

My Sew Scrappy Spool Quilt is a finished quilt top!!! I think the Bee Plaids turned out just the way I had wanted!

I have loaded my backing and in the “how should I quilt this” stage. More details are on the blog today!

11/13/2023

I think I’m very much in denial that these Tulip blocks are the last set of blocks for the Scrappy Spools Quilt Along!!!

Next month, I’ll be sharing the complete quilt 😳!!

I’m thinking some fun reels of the blocks becoming the quilt in the next few weeks should be fun…as long as holiday shenanigans don’t get in the way.

Details of the tulip shared on blog this past Thursday!

11/01/2023

“….he was a beautiful butterfly!”

Today’s storybook character isn’t from a profound book about human growth and change.

Rather, it takes us on an epic journey of a child that overeats which causes a stomachache and loss of appetite because of their poor distended abdomen. With the medicinal relief from a leaf and a nice rest they return to class at the end. 🦋

Very fitting for today and tomorrow’s Halloween shenanigans in the clinic….

10/15/2023

I posted these on my blog last month and this past week, but I realized I never hit post on my drafts for IG. Sooooo. Here are September (Stars and Stripes) and October (Triangles) combined!!!

My ADD tendencies are in full force over here! It’s likely because our family was hit hard like the students and their families this fall. COVID, strep, random viruses over the last few weeks. You name it? We aaaaalll got it.

*Heidi sets alarm on phone for every Th until November blocks….*

Honestly, only one more block and there will be an entire quilt by the end of the year!!!

Details are on the blog!!!

08/30/2023

Spring Nurse Heidi said “next year is going to be YOUR YEAR!!” but then Fall Nurse Heidi laughed and laughed and laughed.

I’ve decided that the beginning of the school year is like childbirth. You know it will be painful, but you seem to forget HOW painful it really is until you’re in the predicament again.

I knew there was going to be a gap in time spent up in my studio while I cope with the demands and deadlines. However, it doesn’t exactly make me feel better.

The one bright thing is that I finally decided in a finish for my nurse block and hung it in my clinic outside my office (photo 2) with some hexie bulletin boards. It brings a smile to my face.

This afternoon was the first time since I went back to work three weeks ago that I might find the balance again.

But September and October Nurse Heidi will likely laugh and laugh and laugh at August Nurse Heidi’s optimism.

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http://www.buttonsandbutterflies.com/2023/08/nurse-nancy-finished-project.html

08/12/2023

I’m embarrassed to say that I already let my week get away from me and I forgot to post my August blocks. 🤦🏼‍♀️

I had them already to go before I went back to work on Monday, thinking I was a hot shot and could balance, but what’s that saying about being too confident?!!

It’s Sew Scrappy Spools time!!

This month, it’s the Sew Plus and Stamps blocks. I’m sure I am starting to sound like a broken record, but I am so pleased I chose this Bee Plaid Collection.

Details are on the blog!!!

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