I timed myself how long it took me to quilt a row and it was 13 and a half minutes. I could’ve actually finished quilting the first top tonight, but we needed to make a run to the grocery store. To say I’ve been quilting morning, noon, and night is a literal sentence – I’ve…
a couple of long arm photos
I’m a telecommuter. That’s a 25-cent word for saying I work in gym shorts, t-shirt and no makeup. It requires a lot of self-discipline and it’s definitely not for everyone, but after something like 8 or 9 years I can say I’m well suited for it. I don’t have the TV on, dirty dishes pile…
Merry Christmas to meeeeee!
I’ve had my eye on a long arm for about a year now. I actually like my Sweet Sixteen – a lot. But a long arm has several advantages, including not having to pin baste a quilt and also being able to more easily quilt larger patterns. I sat back and watched the prices of…
Block 77 – Prism
I didn’t see any good reason to cut out 1″ strips to make this block when I could easily paper piece it. Rather than lay it out in EQ7, I just made 2 copies of the pattern, cut 1/4″ around each of the 2 main sections and paper pieced from there. I realized about halfway…
Block 76 – Little Things
The saying “go big or go home” accurately describes this block. The applique went fine – nothing too earth shaking there. Making the quarter square triangles was surprisingly easy. But then – it was time to trim them down. Oh wait – I have a better quote. “All good things must come to an end”. …
Amy Ellis quilt-along
If you are looking for a quilt-along where you can see what the finished product will look like, and traditional foundation piecing is your preference but you like modern quilts…if you are looking for one that uses up a lot of scraps and moves at an easy pace so you’ll have plenty of time to…
Block 11 – machine quilting party
It has been a craaaazy busy week. I am way behind on blogging and I’m not even going to try to fit everything in. We had a birthday in the family and so I started a new tradition – making a birthday pillowcase. I’m thinking I might just make one of these for each of…
Block 74 – Button Basket
I’ll have to make this quick. It’s fabulous weather in our corner of the world today and we are headed out the door in a minute. I actually finished this one up last night. I had some rick rack so I thought I would use that for the basket handle instead of attempting another curve. …
Block 72 – Full Circle Star
So….those points are all exactly the same size. What you can’t see in this photo is how many times I pulled out stitches and sewed it again. And again. And again. Folks, this is the best I had on this one! The original pattern called for small circles appliqued on there, but what can I…
144 blocks done
I started singing “99 bottles of beer on the wall” as I was wrapping this one up while I counted down the last 4, then 3, then 2, and finally 1 block to sew. I’m going to wait a couple of weeks or so before quilting it but I’m happy that the quilt top is…
Block 73 – + Love
I’ve been showing symptoms of an illness; I kept putting it off to do anything about it but the reality is I had to admit to myself on Friday that I couldn’t ignore it any longer. I’m in good health overall but there were clear signs that the diagnosis would be TSSF. I’ve finished 72…
Block 71 – First Stitch
If I can’t confess this on my own blog, then where can I safely write about how this block came about? I used probably the most scientific way possible to pick fabrics for this block. I…used the scraps I found…on the floor! Please, someone – anyone! – tell me your sewing area is a disaster…