Sign up to follow by email and be entered in the Great Big GIVEAWAY! Learn More
It has been years since I got lucky. Not complaining. Just been dealing with it.But now that has all changed! Back in August, I noticed that Katie of Swim, Bike, Quilt was challenging the quilting community to assist her in reaching her yearly goal of donating 100 quilts for kids. I was happy to participate […]
In case you weren’t aware, there are now only 69 days left until Christmas! Modern Christmas runner – Holiday Frost by Jan Shade Beach for Henry Glass & Co. Quite long, this Modern Christmas Holiday Runner measures 48.75″ x 12″ Holiday Sparkle by Nina Seven for Wilmington Prints – used for the backing and also […]
Now that I am finished the Holiday Sparkle quilt, I have on a new work in progress to share today… A wolf quilt for my son! I had already started planning this quilt for my son, when I discovered that Madame Samm was hosting a new blog hop – FOR THE BOYS. So I […]
For the past week, these words have been reverberating in my head. Holiday Sparkle. Mainly because of this fabric……. Holiday Sparkle by Nina Seven for Wilmington Prints All the while, I was working on what was formerly known as the oblongagon quilt. This gorgeous fabric was used in the quilt top to compliment the main […]
To what do you aspire? Sounds like a pretty simple question. And it reminds me of when I was a child. What do you want to be when you grow up? My answer was always that I wanted to be an artist. But I never had any serious plan to become anything. Or to even […]
On Wednesday, I introduced the Oblongagon. And I was surprised and delighted to receive so many uplifting comments and compliments. A few of them were incredibly funny and those had me smiling and even laughing out loud! For realzies! All this friendly encouragement spurred me on to get this top pieced and completed for […]
Ahhh! The big day. Big plans. Plan B that is. Time to finally cut into those new Christmas fabrics! I settled on a large size. Six inches seems like a good size when working with fat quarters. You can get 9 six inch squares. I proceeded to cut the first fat quarter into 6″ strips […]
Monday morning came and went. I had a fresh new day to myself and was eager to cut into my new Christmas fabrics. On Friday I finished Christmas Runner #1 and I was ready for #2. I had a plan. Equilateral triangles and Christmas trees were on my mind. But since I have never pieced […]
In June, I posted about the restoration performed on this King sized quilt. This weekend I had the pleasure of restoring another of my cousin Jennifer’s quilts, a baby quilt made by our Gramma. The same staggered brick, Diamond pattern was present. Tied with yarn, the backing was thin and torn. I stretched out the […]
Perfect timing! Just the other day, I posted some pictures of some newly acquired fabric and my intentions of making a wolf quilt for my son for Christmas. You can find that post here. And this week, I see that the world renowned Madame Samm and her incredibly crafty Head Cheerleader, Amy are hosting a […]
