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I finished the Gone Fishing quilt yesterday. This is the first quilt I have ever made using a matched binding. Luckily, I had just enough of the sky fabric to do so! I had thought of making a scrappy, colourful binding. But there was already enough rainbow going on with these fish. I quilted around […]
My first quilt was made for my daughter, Erin. That was about a year and a half ago now. Since then it has been my son, Russell who has been the one to show interest. He is great with colours and design. And is the one person I rely on when I need a second […]
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I did! It was a full weekend, but I still found some time to finish up the Broken Herringbone, Baby! quilt. I settled on quilt-in-the-ditch. No pressure. It does not distract from the herringbone design. And I love the simplistic look on the back of the quilt! I […]
I have made great progress and finished enough blocks for a great sized baby boy quilt. These prints are from Kate Spain’s new line Sunnyside. Here is my finished top….. And here is the pieced backing. I used two half yards and a strip I created using some of the scraps from making the blocks…. […]
When you ask a quilter for some help… Be prepared! You can count on it! I made this post on Sunday, asking for help in deciding which quilt to enter in the local fall fair. How naive was I. The response was OVERWHELMING! But this did not solve my problem. From the comments left on […]
After a week of renovating, I finally had a chance to sit down with Janome and get some sewing done. Ahhhhh! Saturday night was spent completing the Gone Fishing baby quilt top. I found two problems with my design for the words and have worked out those issues a little differently than how I ended […]
Merry Christmas! Ho, ho, ho! NO… I do not want it to start snowing yet. But I am in the mood to soon begin working on some Christmas themed projects. I have a wonderful idea for a table runner. So I purchased these new fabrics today. Love the gray! Only 101 days until Christmas 2013! […]
Progress has been slow on the Gone Fishing baby quilt because I have been busy with another project. Home improvement. Our Blue room has had a leaky roof for many years. This leak was coming from the stove pipe that went directly through the ceiling. I creatively constructed an indoor eave trough to direct the […]
Quick post. Gone Fishing today. Here’s what I’ve caught so far…. A couple of “Rainbow” trout… And a goldfish! Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend!
I borrowed a couple of vintage embroidered baby quilts from my mother because I wanted to share them on the blog today. This first one was made in 1960 by my mom when she was expecting her first child – my brother. It is a whole cloth quilt, all embroidered by hand. The the quilting […]
