Author Archives: Becky Goldsmith

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About Becky Goldsmith

I am a quilt designer/teacher/author, a wife/mother/grandmother, and certified yoga instructor who is searching for balance, strength, and happiness in all things.

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Louann Young shared her finished quilts from Hand Sewing. She was one of the original Hand Sewing Adventurers and she wrote:

What a fun quilt it was to make with a group of very supportive fellow quilters. Thanks for the opportunity!

Louann, I love the colors you chose! I don’t sew with purple much, so it is especially nice to see it use so well by you.

I especially love your documentation patch! I asked and Louann used a Pigma pen to hand write all the important information on it. In her own handwriting! It’s is nice touch to make it round to fit it into the print on the back of the quilt!

Thank you for sharing your amazing quilt with us! Your quilt is perfect!

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Andrea Gardner sent me this photo of her Hand Sewing quilt and I love it so much! She chose colors that are so different from mine and it makes me see the quilt with new eyes. Andrea wrote:

Thank you Becky for this challenge! It was certainly one for me😂. Many of these blocks were trashed, pulled out several times. Instead of throwing it all away, I finally decided to make this work for me. It’s a mess but from afar okay. Her name? Ms Cinquante Pied de Page. That’s French for Ms Fifty Footer…things always sound better to me in French!

We are all way too hard on ourselves. Andrea, you made a wonderful quilt! the colors are great, the blocks look good, and I like the quilt without the baskets and the outer borders. You did great! Give yourself a hug and enjoy it :-). Thank you for sharing your quilt with us!

If you missed it, click here to find the Hand Sewing book that has these blocks inside :-).

Wednesday Giveaway

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Lo Ann is this week’s winner and she will receive an Applique Stiletto from Pearl Pereira. It has a wonderful, turned wood handle that is easy to hold in a variety of ways. The shape of the handle is comfortable and the wood feels good against your skin. The metal point is sharp and holds the fabric well. 

Use this stiletto to move applique into position on a block, but it can be used in a variety of other sewing tasks where you want a pointy tool. If you are not Lo Ann, click to order your own Applique Stiletto.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!

Yazzii XL Petite Organizer…

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This organizer is divided in the center with zippered pouches on one side and an open area on the other side. That open side is perfect for holding a Handcrafted Sewing Box! And—yay!—Jacquie just delivered a new shipment of Sewing Boxes to us.

Shop here for a wooden Handcrafted Sewing Box, available only at Piece O’ Cake.

Shop here for the Yazzii XL Petite Organizer.

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Janet Dickson is this week’s winner and she will receive an Oh Sew Clean Brush & Cloth Set from It’s Sew Emma! The set has two little brushes, flat and angled, and is so much better than the brush that came with my machine! Sweep away lint with soft bristles and clean with a microfiber cleaning cloth that wipes without scratching or scraping. The cloth can also be used on computer keyboards, reading glasses, even phone and tablet screens and cases.

If you aren’t Janet, click the link to find your very own Oh Sew Clean Brush & Cloth Set.

I’ll be back with another Giveaway next Wednesday. Until then you can shop for all sorts of sewing notions, books, and other fun stuff at pieceocake.com!