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…
Block #25 – Sunday Best
25% of the way through the Splendid Sampler. This has been such a reminder of just how quickly life passes by. The first block was released Sunday, February 14th. Does that seem so long ago? Do you remember anything particular about that day other than it was Valentine’s day? Just 3 short months later and even…
6 Lucy Boston blocks
A quick post before I’m offline for the day. I sewed enough with my featherweight to know it sewed a perfectly straight stitch and then I spent the rest of the day with the family. I didn’t even start the Splendid Sampler block for Sunday, no prep work for the Bloom block of the week….
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…
Block 24 – Inspector Sidekick
I made good use of my ink pen this for this block. I’m still on the backup machine and the needle on this one doesn’t sit in the right spot – it’s about 1/16″ too far to the left and for kicks, sometimes it likes to jump even farther to the left. Just like with…
all that for nothing
One of the stores near me was having a fabric sale last weekend but the catch was the smallest cut was 1/2 yard. Most of the patchwork of the crosses block have 4 distinct parts in them – the 4 in the middle and the 4 that fit in the corners around it (blue in…
she sounds hideous!
I’m going to name the May block for Leah Day’s sew-along Jake From State Farm. It’s not Leah’s fault- this is my own doing. There are some basic rules about color. Primary colors are red, yellow and blue. Secondary colors are green, orange, and purple. Tertiary colors fall between primary and secondary – aqua, for…
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…
Block 23 – Hand In Hand
Well…everything was going according to plan yesterday. It was no time at all when I had the 4 corners paper pieced. The 4 brown “pointy things” took a little longer but at the time, they were okay. As is usually the case when something goes awry, I got distracted. I should’ve just set this aside,…
modification time
This is just a snapshot, but if anyone is interested in paper piecing today’s block for the Splendid Sampler, drop me a note and I’ll happily send the templates for portions of the block shown first here, as well as the finished block to sew together. One nice thing about EQ7 is I can take…
another Lucy block
I got a lot more pieces cut out for the Hunters Star quilt yesterday before dinner and got several pieces sewed too. I even made an adjustment to the backup machine when it was acting up, and now it’s running better than ever. I might have found my new profession if this keeps up! I…