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Peinte is derived from the french word "painted." I believe that everyone has the ability to be the kind of person they want to be, as long as a person believes in it. Everyone has the ability to "paint" themselves into the best versions of themselves.

05/31/2026

The funny thing is… the hardest part of this Texas star wasn’t actually the sewing 😂

It was the fabric placement.

Because when you’re working with a 5-pointed star and staring at a black & white paper piecing template, it can be surprisingly hard to visualize what’s even happening.

Lots of flipping pieces around. Lots of “wait… no… that can’t be right.” 😅

This is the Texas star detail from my Them Boots pattern in progress ✨

Anyone else struggle more with visualizing placement than the actual sewing part?







05/30/2026

Confession:

I didn’t actually love this quilt when I finished it.

This is Mod Cutout — a pattern I designed back in 2023.

I made this sample for a quilt shop display and let it go live its little quilt life helping sell patterns.

It recently came back to me… and weirdly?

I see it completely differently now.

Sometimes when you’ve stared at a project for months, all you can see are the things you wish you’d done differently.

A little time and distance changes everything.

Apparently quilts need a cooling-off period too 😂

Has anyone else had a project you appreciated way more later than you did when you first finished it?







05/28/2026

Hot take: I don’t style quilts one at a time.

If a quilt is really bold, colorful, or patterned, I usually fold the bright side inward and let a neutral backing calm everything down.

Then I layer another quilt on top with softer texture or quieter pattern.

Basically… I style quilts more like textiles or pillows than “one folded blanket on the back of the couch.”

It helps balance color, pattern, and keeps things cozy without the room feeling visually overwhelmed.

Anyone else layer quilts like this? Or am I just slightly obsessive about textile styling? 😂







05/27/2026

People think quilt design is choosing pretty fabric.

Reality?

Drafting.
Testing.
Rebuilding.
Recalculating seams.
More testing.

There’s a surprising amount of engineering happening behind the scenes.

This was part of developing my Into the Night moth quilt pattern — because curves, templates, and paper piecing don’t always behave the way they look on paper. 😂

Beautiful quilt? Yes.

Tiny geometry problem disguised as a creative hobby? Also yes.

Are you team “I love the puzzle” or “just give me the pretty fabric”? 👇






05/27/2026

Nobody warned me quilt pattern design involved this much paper. 😂

Printing.
Taping.
Trimming.

Building giant templates across my studio floor.

The glamorous side of foundation paper piecing nobody talks about.

And somehow… this eventually becomes a quilt pattern.







05/26/2026

I thought designing quilt patterns would involve… more actual designing. 😂

Actual footage of me:
• moving the same pieces around repeatedly
• searching for fabric I JUST had in my hand
• pretending my system makes sense
• somehow turning chaos into a quilt pattern

This is the very glamorous side of quilt pattern design nobody talks about.

(And yes… somehow this eventually becomes a real pattern.)







05/25/2026

Unpopular quilting opinion:

I hate taping giant paper piecing templates together.

So when I designed my Into the Night moth quilt pattern, I wanted an easier option.

Instead of piecing together literally 47 printer pages… this section unfolds into one oversized template.

Because life is too short for endless template taping. 😂

(This is my Into the Night moth quilt pattern.)

05/25/2026

Unpopular quilting opinion:

I hate taping giant paper piecing templates together.

So when I designed my Into the Night moth quilt pattern, I wanted an easier option.

Instead of piecing together what feels like 47 printer pages… this section unfolds into one oversized template.

Because life is too short for endless template taping. 😂

(And yes… this is my Into the Night moth quilt pattern.)

05/24/2026

Nobody talks enough about the less glamorous side of quilt design.

The quilt math.
The trimming.
The paper scraps multiplying on the floor like they pay rent.

Still wouldn’t trade it though.

Welcome to today’s installment of: creative chaos in progress.

05/22/2026

Nobody talks enough about the unglamorous side of creative work.

The messy desk.

The scraps on the floor.

The recalculating.

The “I genuinely do not feel like doing this today” part.

But sometimes creativity isn’t inspiration.

Sometimes it’s just showing up and working through the chaos anyway.

Working through another round of my Them Boots quilt pattern 🤠

Tell me I’m not the only one whose creative process occasionally looks like absolute disorder 😂








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