Urban Sugartree was born, first, out of necessity, and second, my love of sewing and crafting.

You see, I wanted a wallet - style case for my new iPhone a while back, so I jumped online to see what kind of deal I could score. My first mistake was not coming right to Etsy! After a little browsing I thought I had found what I wanted and hit 'Order,' so excited for my new case.

It finally arrived, over a month later, and was used for slightly more than a day before being cast to the side. Why? Because in that month it took to reach me, I had found inspiration! After the first week of waiting for it, I was perusing Pinterest and came across several ideas for making your own. I had also been collecting ideas and patterns for making my first quilt - an art my mother has perfected but I had been hesitant to dive into headlong. After a few test runs (and a whole lot of seam ripping) I was in love! I got to use my desire to start quilting to make cute, fun and useful cases for myself!

Pretty soon my sister wanted one, then my best friend, and so on, and then I just kept making 'em! Now it's too late to stop myself, and I'm forced to sell them before our (tiny) apartment overflows with quilted cases!

Another source of my inspiration comes from my hate of waste. My husband will try and convince you I am a hoarder, but I just know the things I stash away can be used again! So while I do use new fabrics on most of my pieces, all the insides and guts are filled with recycled, up cycled, and reused goodies! (All pre washed of course)