hunters star next on deck

The king has been bound, washed, dried (in the beautiful Texas sun!) and I began the thread cutting process last night.  I also finished the backing for my cathedral quilt that was put on the back burner earlier this year. If I can get Mr. Texas Quilting to lend his expertise, then I’ll have it…

bobbin blunder

Here’s how my day is going so far!  It’s going to take a while to get a new bobbin wound if it isn’t ending up on the spool.

dual duty

Does anyone else use their dining room as their sewing room?  I’ve heard it’s a pretty common setup; personally, we don’t use our dining room as much as we could for its original purpose. I have a couple of rooms upstairs that I could turn into a full-time sewing room but this suits me better…

Worldwide Quilting Day!

I can’t speak for the rest of the nation, but the wind is blowin’ and goin’, I think I saw lightning and of course that must mean it’s trash day. I always feel guilty about setting the trash out on rainy days – why make that job any harder than it already is for the…

block display

I saw this somewhere on Instagram and just loved it!  My LQS didn’t have one so I asked where the original came from and ordered it for myself.

cancer

A woman posted on the Facebook page for the Pat Sloan quilt along that a friend of hers had just told her she had cancer, and this friend wanted to make a quilt for her out of the first block of the sampler.  She asked if anyone wanted to make a block to help out…

organizing my fabric

This was such a mess.  I just needed to re-fold some fabrics and put the batiks all in one place.  I know some people have yards and yards and more yards of fabric stash. I like to buy fabric for a particular project, make that project and then move on. Yes, some fabric goes by…

Geta Grama

I pretty much love everything that Geta Grama publishes.  She sold this pattern for Valentine’s day and I jumped on it.  She requires attention to detail, but if you get it right, there’s a finished product that’s sure to be unique. She also has an ebook on trapunto quilting that involves organza that is fantastic….

Quilts, Inc.

Wow!  Our kids have been at each other’s houses too many times to count; we live in the same subdivision and are within walking distance of each other.  We’ve known each other for about 7-8 years.  But I just found out that I know someone who works at Quilts, Inc.  I got too excited, talked…

Sigma Phi Epsilon

I’m making a quilt for my brother; he doesn’t know about it or have a clue that I have this in the works.  He’s terminally ill with cancer and I noticed that whenever he’s on the couch, he’s always covered in a blanket.  I thought a nice comfy quilt with a flannel backing and minimal…

Reading blogs could be a never ending endeavor. Actually, just reading quilting blogs could do that on their own.  One of my favorites is Off Kilter Quilt which has been around for a long time!