I’m going to talk about how I make quick progress but first I have to show the quilt that I finished last night. I think it was back in January when I was watching Quilt In A Day on TV when I saw this pattern. I realized I had 2 packages of Tonga Treats island…
Category: Miscellaneous
I have my own mini version of “finish it up Friday” going on at the house today. I’m very close to completing the quilting on the stained glass quilt. My goal before the end of the weekend is to at least get that done, and if I were to get the binding on it, that…
lunch hour progress
Before I do anything else, I have to brag on my dear friend, Lisa. She brought me the nicest present last night! It’s a zippered pouch that uses the fabric and leaves from the Bloom block, and the Dresden is from the Splendid Sampler block that we did not too long ago. Isn’t that pretty…
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…
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…
Mary Fons – to the rescue!
Coincidence? I think not! Months ago, Mary Fons announced on her blog that the manufacturer of her new fabric line – Small Wonders – was having a quilt contest. The rules were pretty easy; at least 55×60 (twin sized bed), used at least 75% of her fabrics, actually quilted or at least tied and not…
Happy mother’s day!
See this beautiful work of art? It’s mine! It’s all mine! Sit down and grab a cup of tea or whatever you prefer – I have a story to tell. It goes back to 1906 when my grandmother was born… My grandmother was a professional seamstress; people would come to her and ask for a…
May flowers
I forgot to post a picture of my magnolia tree in bloom in this morning’s post. Better late than never! Here are a couple more from the back yard.
Bloom block 16
Wow! I can’t even believe I wrote that – sixteen Bloom blocks finished! We are 80% done with the applique portion of this quilt, and then it will be time to finish sewing the outer sashing around all 4 sides, then a border and then…baste and quilt. And bind. And then cut threads – but…
Curses, Foiled Again!
I took my sewing machine to the husband-of-the-wife-who-knows-my-friend-who-also-is-a-member-of-the-same-quilt-guild repair guy. Without even plugging it in, he took the needle plate off and declared there was surely a piece missing in it. No I was sure there wasn’t; that piece under there had been flapping in the wind like that for years. I clean my machine…
tiny stitches
The first Lucy Boston block I made, I spaced the stitches out entirely too far apart. They really were more basted than they were hand sewn. I think I’ve slowly found the stitch length that I’m comfortable with. I showed a couple of these to a friend over the weekend and she remarked that the…
Hee Haw
If it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all was the theme of the day yesterday. An unexpected dead car battery – and my jumper cables were in the daughter’s car; forgot that I completely out of the specific interfacing I’m using for the Bloom block so it was dinner time before…