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A quick post, to let you know about Plum and June’s 2013 Summer Blog Hop, which begins tomorrow…It is an opportunity for some worthy new quilting bloggers to make an impression. And hopefully gain new followers. In preparation, I have done a little spring cleaning on my blog and have added the Bloglovin’ button to […]
Hello, Kitten… First attempt at a new idea. This is something I started on yesterday afternoon and worked on after lunch again today. It is all raw edge applique. I just top stitched next to the edges. Then free motioned loopy loops on the beige rose background and did some tiger stripey details on the […]
Facebook is asking, “What have you been up to?” Well, aside from housework, meal making, and errand running… And working on writing up some new patterns…. The answer is Half Square Triangles. And I have been cutting, matching up, sewing, pressing, cutting, trimming, pressing again and clipping these little treasures for days! But it still […]
Two days of kids at school and husband on afternoon shift have resulted in progress for me. Lots of cutting. Lots of sewing. Lots of pressing. More cutting…. Yet it seems that not lots is getting done…. I am so used to doing quick quilts – large pieces – small quilts – easy quilting – […]
Slow progress…. Yesterday was Saturday, and I wanted to let my daughter sleep in a bit. So, I ended up doing the dishes and baking some muffins. Her bedroom is right next to my sewing area. Eventually, I did get my neutral strips sewn together and cross cut into 2.5″ sets. Experimented with a few […]
Spent the day yesterday washing and ironing all the new fabrics… Not very exciting, but satisfying. And I began cutting strips. 2.5″ for the scrappy squares and 3″ for any hst’s. This quilt is planning on being 96″ x 96″…. Sew a finished square of 2″ is quite small…. I’m a bit scared! I am […]
It took a little while this time – but it’s happened again…. I have a plan that’s been forming. And a new quilt is taking shape in my head. It all started on May 4th, when I seen ChrissieD’s blog post here. This post was called Bonzer Trunk Show – Up Close With Sarah Fielke’s […]
It’s time to celebrate quilts! This is my first time participating in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival and I would like to thank Amy. Sew…. “Thank you for hosting, Amy!” And thank you to all her wonderful sponsors who have made this year’s festival possible! I sure have enjoyed reading through many of the posts […]
It’s time to celebrate quilts! This is my first time participating in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival and I would like to thank Amy. Sew…. “Thank you for hosting, Amy!” And thank you to all her wonderful sponsors who have made this year’s festival possible! I sure have enjoyed reading through many of the posts […]
Finished my 40″ square baby boy quilt. And it’s ready for some little farmer to be snuggled in! Spent all day Thursday piecing something for the backing… But it was ugly 🙂 Finally decided to go with the blue fabric used on the blocks and am sew happy I did. Much sweeter! And I […]
