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.

Countdown to Christmas – DIY Advent Calendar Adventure – Part 1

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Advent calendars make the countdown to Christmas so much fun—24 little moments of joy! This year, I’m making six of them, one for each of my favorite people. They’re going to be cute, festive, and filled with small surprises picked just for them. (The photo below shows one of my very recently finished sets of 24 bags with tags.)

Want to make your own? Watch this video for a look at the basic supplies you’ll need to get started.

In upcoming videos, I’ll share ideas for decorating, fun gift fillers, and tips for pulling it all together. Need more inspiration?

Check out my Pinterest board. And visit me anytime at pieceocake.com.

Join me for 4 full days of applique fun!

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Doesn’t that sound wonderful? Come spend some time with me in Paducah at the AQS SEAM RETREAT—four relaxing days away from home, all about hand applique. I’ll teach you all the techniques you need (and then some!) to make my brand-new wall quilt, Christmas Cottage Cheer.

This cute quilt has never been published before. It’s made in two layers: the inner globe is appliqued onto a square, and then a floral layer is appliqued on a larger square. Once both layers are complete, we trim them up and stitch the circular center in place. Gold circles make it fancy :-).

This class is great for all skill levels—even if you’re brand new to applique. If you’re interested, click here. And if you have any questions at all, feel free to email me at becky.pieceocake@gmail.com.

Just so you know, my days of in-person teaching are winding down. So if taking a class together in person is on your bucket list, now’s the time to jump in. I’d love to see you there!

For more information on the class, click here.

Steve’s Birds, Show and tell…

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Barbara Hotelling sent the photo of her Steve’s Birds quilt top and I want to share it with you all because her birds are just wonderful!

Wanda wrote: I learned a lot while doing this project. I did the smaller version/size of the pattern and many of the pieces were quite small. I really didn’t believe I had the skills to do the appliqué. I don’t think I could have done it without your Appliqué Mastery class and your various u-tube videos. I’ve come to enjoy needle turn appliqué, even though I am extremely slow!  That’s ok – it’s the process, right?  Anyway, while this is far from perfect I am happy with the result.  I just started hand quilting, so it will be a while before the quilt is complete.  I am certainly enjoying the project.  Thanks for everything you do!

Thank you, Wanda, for your kind words and for sharing your quilt! I hope you enjoy hand quilting it and I look forward to seeing it then too. May you have many happy stitches!

Aunt Millie’s Floral Cabins, Show and Tell…

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Floral Cabins is the Peace River Quilt Guild 2027 Opportunity Quilt. Learn more about this wonderful quilt below…

This quilt top was donated to our Guild by the husband of former Guild member Connie Deckenbach, after she passed away. Connie had completed the center Log Cabin but the wide borders were unfinished.

Linda Macklin found the perfect pattern for the border & purchased “Aunt Millie’s Garden” by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins. Once the written permission from Becky Goldsmith, arrived allowing us to use the border pattern Linda, along with JoAnn Burtscher, Pat Moore and Jane Schurr donated all the bright batiks and hand appliquéd the border.

Guild Member Robin Kinley quilted the quilt and Pat Moore did the binding. The label was the finishing touch made by Pam Hunt.

This quilt was entered into the PRQG’s 2025 quilt show and won First Place in the Collaborative Category.

I’m sure Connie is smiling down on her friends and I know whoever wins this opportunity quilt will love and treasure it. Thank you, Linda, for sharing it with us!

Wednesday Giveaway

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ddhulet is this week’s lucky winner! She will receive this stack of wool from from last year that we didn’t sell because, even though it says it is “brick”, it isn’t. It includes lovely shades of a raspberry pink all its own. So, one lucky winner will end up with this Wool Stack dyed by Tracy Trevethan. Leave a comment and perhaps the random number generator will choose you!

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!

Steve’s Birds – Show and Tell…

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Linda Souza sent me her version of Steve’s Birds and I am sure you will love it as much as I do!

Linda wrote:

I just loved working on this. The birds are wool applique on cotton. I added the names because everyone who would see what I was working on asked the bird names.😎 As you can see the red robins at the lower left, not a part of the pattern were added only because we see lots of robins in the San Francisco bay area.

Thank you for this great project.

Thank you, Linda, for sharing your quilt with all of us! I love your robins… you did a great job designing that block! I grew up with robins but we don’t see them much around here—at least not around our house—and I miss them. I also like the names you added! Well done, you!

If any of you are interested in the bird patterns, click here. Happy stitcing!