Another crazy week in our house. We found a crack in the shower in our bathroom and the short answer is that the best thing to do is to replace it. We didn’t even get one with all the bells and whistles but home improvement is never cheap. It will be 8-10 weeks before they’re…
Author: Texas Quilting
I like quilting. I like the part that involves picking out a pattern and sewing it. I enjoy the quilting part of it. Basting....eh. I fixed that by splurging on a Handi Quilter Avante!
still plugging along
I’ve learned a really important lesson from this particular quilting project. Do not quilt a vertical pattern on a quilt that needs to be continuous. I suppose I could’ve done a series of feathers inside each section but since I started off working on one of the horizontal rows I didn’t think this through like…
feathers everywhere
I should start off with a non-quilted story. We changed insurance a few weeks ago and – wow! That was not a seamless transition. With exactly 0 days of medication left for our son, I got the call this morning that everything was set up. I made phone calls to the doctor and the pharmacy,…
Every Direction
So here’s the scoop. That block layout from yesterday was the entire quilt – aka mini (12″ quilt). The other day I saw that Amy Ellis was starting a new venture called Curated Quilts and the challenge was put forth to make a mini quilt, 10-16″ square, using specific colors from their palette. I had…
Audience participation!
Here’s what I’ve been working on! I have one of these layouts in mind but I started thinking…why not get input from other people? The options are as follows. If you don’t have an opinion, no worries but it won’t get counted in the tally…since one of these will be chosen. Yes, there are 2…
sneak peak
I like to road test the quilt top before quilting, just to make sure that it is the size I think it’s going to end up. Thank goodness this one fits on the queen bed in our daughter’s bedroom. I loaded the quilt bottom and batting before I ran out of time for the day. …
Labyrinth top
I finally trimmed the rest of the threads on The Splendid Sampler – or at least as many as I’m going to trim – haha! I learned something obvious about quilting from this that probably sounds dumb to anyone who’s been quilting for a while. I’ve always pulled the threads up from the bottom…when I…
birthday quilt
My niece, who’s turning 30 in 2 months, asked me back at Christmas time if I would make her a purple quilt for her birthday. I’m just about “purpled out” after making 4 quilts in the past 12-15 months where that’s a prominent color, but I was flattered that she asked so I’m making it. …
Write the Formula
I feel like I’m constantly saying things to our son like “show your work” for math class. They recently were working on figuring out the volume of spheres, cubes, pyramids, etc. which involves knowing a lot of different formulas. As a result, the teacher was telling them at school what I’ve been saying at home…
Spring pillow for spring
I love these pillows because they’re such a quick finish. Yesterday I ironed all the pieces into place and stitched around them. That’s actually the part that takes the longest. I think I’ve officially decided a straight, short stitch about 1/16″ from the edge is the way to go on these. With some really tiny…
The Splendid Sampler – complete!
Kathy, thank you for being the “kick in the pants” to get me back on the blog again. I did indeed finally finish The Splendid Sampler quilt and yes, that finger that was sewn through was a huge factor in why it’s taken me so long. That hurt. It still hurts. Anything that involves using…
Stitched through my fingernail!
Short post – I had finished the top and bottom borders and rotated the quilt 90 degrees. I was basting the “new” top and just got my index finger too close when I was basting it. The short story is I have a hole in my fingernail and pulled a thread out that got sewed…