This week, my step-daughter came over for dinner and told me about a quilt she has started making. It’s her first large project, and I am really excited for her! This is the young woman who received the turquoise quilt for her birthday in March. She prefers hand-sewing to using a sewing machine, so she [...]
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A new quilter in the family (Stash Report)
Posted in Quilting, Stash Reports 2010, tagged corduroy fabric, English paper piecing, free quilting patterns, Gran's Flower Garden, hexagon templates, Quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report, turquoise scraps quilt on May 16, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Paint Stix on my Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Quilting, Sewing machines, tagged 1960 Singer sewing machine, 206x13 sewing machine needles, Design Wall Monday, green Singer sewing machine, Paint Stix pattern, Quilting, Sewing, Singer 319K, vintage Singer sewing machine on May 10, 2010 | 8 Comments »
I have a zillion projects in the works right now, but as soon as I saw Judy Laquidara’s new pattern, Paint Stix, I loved it and knew I had to try it right away! I’m using some fabric from stash that I have always liked but found difficult to use before. This pattern seems just [...]
Back to work (“Too Good to Cut” Challenge)
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, baking, free baking recipes link, Quilting, Sewing on April 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
It seems like ages since I last worked on this quilt. We had a two-week family holiday at Easter-time, and last week I had to catch up on real life. This week I’ve been in a baking frenzy because I found this wonderful blog, Confections of a (Closet) Master Baker, and I just had to [...]
Spring Break Fabrics (Stash Report)
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Quilting, Stash Reports 2010, tagged design wall project, purple orange green quilt, Quilting, Sewing, stash report, stashbusting on April 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
We had a lovely holiday with our family, lots of beautiful sunny weather and fun activities. Since we were in the area, I went to The Quilt Room, which is a lovely quilt shop in Dorking, Surrey, and bought some fabrics to continue with my purple-orange-green UFO. I had got to the point where I [...]
Taking a Break (“Too Good to Cut” Challenge)
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With the Easter holidays, my young child out of school for a two-week Spring break, and plans to visit with various family members, I’m not going to have very much time for sewing in the next couple of weeks. It seems like a good time to take a little break from the “Too Good to [...]
Pinks on the Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Quilting, tagged 9-patch blocks, cornerstones, Design Wall Monday, Quilting, sampler blocks, sashing, Sewing, UFO makeover on March 29, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I’m still working on my ancient pink UFO which is getting a total makeover, and I’m having so much fun with it! There is no formal pattern — it’s just 12 salvaged sampler blocks, and I’m making it up as I go along. The cornerstones and sashings are finished. And now I’m making 9-patch blocks [...]
Pieced Floral Backing (Stash Report #13)
Posted in Quilting, Stash Reports 2010, tagged pieced backing, Quilting, Sewing, stash report, stashbusting on March 28, 2010 | 11 Comments »
This week, I made this pieced backing from 10.5-inch squares for one of the quilts I am currently working on. The quilt is for someone who loves gardening, so I used an assortment of floral fabrics to represent a flower garden. My totals for Week 13 are: Bought this week: 0 yard Bought year-to-date: 10.75 [...]
First Block (“Too Good to Cut” Challenge)
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on March 27, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Here’s the first block finished! Happy Quilting!
Week 11 Update – “Too Good to Cut” Challenge
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, pink sampler quilt, Quilting, Sewing, UFO makeover on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was another week with very little time for sewing. When I did get a chance to sew, I was totally obsessed with my pink UFO Makeover quilt and only sewed on that. I did look through the basket with my Challenge fabrics and bits of blocks but didn’t feel inspired to work on that [...]
Too Good to Cut, too tired to sew
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on March 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This week I spent every bit of my sewing time working on the birthday quilt, and I’m very pleased that it was done on time. But I was very tired when I finished it and needed to take a break from sewing today. I haven’t sewed on my “Too Good to Cut” Challenge quilt at [...]
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