I think our quilt group had the largest number yet go on our road trip yesterday. I don’t know how many there were on the bus but it seemed like I only recognized half of them. Lots of quilters in our area! It was in a venue with quite a few vendors which was nice…
Category: Lucy Boston
yay for internet!
The past 2 weeks have been craaaaaazy. Unexpected life changing events, deadlines at work that stayed the course (so glad for that!), one child took us on a road trip to where the college journey starts in 2 months, and another headed off to camp. But mostly….well our modem died at home. Or at least I…
Block 36 – Inchy Hexagon Club
I hope this post finds you well! I’ve been offline for the past few days. It started off with a medical emergency for a family member – but if there’s a bright spot in that story, it’s that I had time to take my bag of stuff to work on patchwork of the crosses while…
hundreds of hours
I realized today – the hard way – that the connectors also have 24 pieces each, which is the same as each block. And with 2 sashes that equal 20 pieces, they almost take as much time. Yep, time to work on some of this! I decided to do some math. 56 blocks – 24…
Bloom quilt top finished!
I didn’t spend an inordinate amount of time working on the sashes for the outer edges; Lori Holt had posted that she was going to show a copy of her finished quilt so that gave me the heads up that I shouldn’t expect detailed instructions on “use this fabric on row 1, block 1”. So…
Kona Bright White
When I first started on the orange and navy blue (I know it looks black but it really is navy blue) hunters star quilt, I didn’t actually know what pattern I was going to make. So I bought 4 yards of the colors I had chosen and figured I’d see how close I came on…
home again, home again!
I receive a phone call this morning – my regular sewing machine was ready. And as expected, all that was ever wrong with it was a simple fuse that was blown. They told me I owed them 29 bucks, and I was on my way! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ I was also talking to a friend who is…
Bloom block 19
I admit it; I’m sad to see this sew-along come to an end. This is block 19 of 20; last week is the last block and then it will be time to sew on the outer sashing and border, and then quilt it. I’m usually more drawn to primary colors over soft palettes. My…
Block 28 – Stitching Fashion
Does this block look like it was hard to make? I sure hope it does. I hope that you can look at that, see a 6″ finished block and then imagine just how incredibly tiny some of the pieces are on here, like the top of the bodice. And the teeny tiny triangle at the…
she’s back!
I got the call yesterday that my Sweet Sixteen was finished and ready for pickup. And it was about half what I expected to pay which was a bonus. It was raining at lunch so I didn’t want to take a chance of slipping; I left my still non-working sewing machine at home but told…
Block 27 – Sewing Machine
How about that for timing? The 27th block for The Splendid Sampler closely resembles a Singer Featherweight! Good timing, Pat Sloan! I looked for the darkest fabric in my stash that I’m using for this project to get close to the ebony color of my own 1949 Singer Featherweight. And of course the heart would be pink. And since…
no pictures, please
Wanna know how to increase your blog traffic? Trade a few emails with Mary Fons. That’s how it worked for me. A friend of a friend invited me to go on a road trip yesterday to hit up a couple of quilt shops on the Gulf coast. I have plenty to keep me busy, but…