I didn’t bother to read the details of the Splendid Sampler when I signed up. I knew I’d bought 2 packages of mostly darker layer cakes that I ended up not using for the 365 sampler (because I ended up not doing that sampler). I decided to use it for this and figured this would…
red tulip
I’m not finished with block 11 of the Splendid Sampler yet from Sunday – more on that at the end of the post. I had it pieced and thought I’d spend Monday evening and just whip out the hand stitching for both blocks. It didn’t really happen that way. But back to the Bloom block. This week is…
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…
Easy hexies
I came up with a (in my mind – haha!) brilliant idea for Sulky to make. Wash away stabilizers that are pre-cut in various sizes of hexies. Picture this… You would be able to buy a package of their stabilizer that washes out, but the key thing is that the iron on stabilizer would be a page…
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…
Pineapple block?
I bought a layer cake package of Mama Said Sew II from my LQS and have been looking for a pattern to use it with. I saw a pineapple block in red, white, and black on Instagram that caught my eye. Too bad I prefer traditional piecing over paper piecing. But then I found a tutorial on Crazy…
Iowa – block 10 of Splendid Sampler
This week’s block is named Iowa, or more commonly known as the snowball block. You can find a link (for now) to it at The Splendid Sampler . The first thing I did was to look at the fabrics I’ve been using and decide on the 4 (plus 1 contrast) fabrics I wanted to use. I had…
Bloom Block 9
One little block, and yet it means that for a day or so, I am officially caught up on all my sewing projects. I have the behemoth quilting project ahead of me (king sized quilt) so I have plenty to keep me busy in the meantime but since that one is a surprise I won’t…
Quilting a king
I started quilting this one last night. It’s 10 feet by 10 feet! I can’t show a picture of the quilt top yet since the recipient hasn’t seen it yet. I’m starting with stitch in the ditch along key places. That alone will probably take a few days since I take breaks along the way….
Bloom block x 8
I am slowly catching up this week. I finally got the sashing on the eighth block so I sewed it to 7 then sewed the second row to the top row. I should go ahead and cut and sew the top row of sashing that will attach at the very top, but I’m waiting to…
Local Quilt Shop – SS 9
Sunday’s block for The Splendid Sampler is named Local Quilt Shop. I haven’t looked at others but I’d be willing to bet a number of other people substituted the name of their own LQS in place where that was designed to be written. There are 3 stores within 10-15 minutes of me, and several in…
Bloom block # 8
It took me a week, I still don’t have the sashing on here but the hard part is done. This week’s block had the most pieces yet on a block which was part of the reason it took he longer. A very busy work week that had me working through lunch and late into the…