The process of making these fiddly little Farmer’s Wife blocks is so much fun. I spent a couple of hours last week (watching The Americans on Amazon) pairing up fabrics for the next 30 blocks on my list. That bit was just as enjoyable as actually finishing the blocks. The method I’ve figured out so […]
Well, it’s about a million years since I last blogged. Whenever I look around and realize what day or month it is, I think “I can’t believe it’s the first of March already!” and look, here we are on the first of March and it’s practically spring. Life really does go by so very quickly. […]
That sounds rather ominous, doesn’t it? 2015 is rapidly winding down and this week feels like a good time to take inventory of my works in progress (WIPs). I think I skipped this entirely last year and things have gotten out of control. I’m preparing to overhaul and organize my sewing room so I will […]
Well, this long-running project is finally complete! I started this quilted ottoman after seeing a similar patchwork one without quilting in a boutique here in Dallas (it was $300). I balked at the price but considering how long it took me to quilt it and assemble this, that price tag is looking a little more […]
Earlier this year I started Moda’s “Spell It With Fabric” quilt. You can download the free patterns for each letter {here}. Instead of beginning at the beginning with ABC, I started at the end with XYZ. I figured this was a good way to force myself to actually finish it, It worked! Well, almost. I […]
There’s something that seems to be common among most creative people/makers that I know. None of us can resist the siren’s call of new fabric and new quilt patterns and quilt-alongs. It causes us to throw aside everything we had planned on making to start something wonderfully new. I call that temptation procrastination. Temptation procrastination […]
I am nearly done with section 1 of my Green Tea and Sweet Beans quilt! I’ve mostly worked on this quilt in the summers when visiting my parents at their lake house since it doesn’t require a sewing machine (and I don’t usually have room to pack one). Though, now that I have been working […]
Welcome to the My Small World Quilt-Along! I am in love with this pattern – like all of Jen Kingwell’s designs, it is unique and adorable. It combines a lot of traditional block designs and techniques, including a bit of embroidery. It’s meant as a wall quilt, finishing at around 33″ x 52″. I’m going […]
Almost exactly 2 1/2 years from fabric stack to finished quilt. It spent a full year at the quilter, waiting on me to make a backing (tsk, tsk!). But now it is finally done and it’s my second finish of 2015 (the other one is a special/secret project that will be under wraps for a […]
It feels like I never get to sew these days but when I look back at my Instagram photos, I’ve gotten quite a few things done. This first quilt that’s ready for binding has been sitting at the longarmer (Urban Spools) for a YEAR. Good thing she’s a friend! Her quilting is amazing and perfectly […]