Solveig is done with the semester at Meredith (though she’s saying for some social stuff this weekend, then coming home Monday, she’s made a couple of trips home with LOTS of stuff to empty out her dorm room!) She’s done with ceramics and had lots of fun! Here the assignment was to do a “coiled” …
a friend from church asked me a while ago to make a quilt for her great grandson and to use a certain jungle fabric she found on ETSY, so I purchased that and we met and discussed design and other fabrics. This is the design from EQ, it was hard to show the fabric as …
I got the chance to play with one of Accuquilt’s new BOB dies called Star and Cross I like combining BOBs with other dies, either the maching QUBE set or other BOB dies, so in EQ I looked and played with the pineapple die, as that finishes at 10″ as well as this Star and …
Today my mother-in-law is turning 93! We all call her “grandma”- even me, it’s kind of funny because then at doctor’s offices they’ll pick up on it and ask if she wants her granddaughter in there or whatever and I have to explain that I’m just the daughter in law. Anyways, both my in-laws are …
I don’t think we have gotten much rain yet in April in NC, it’s more like SUMMER weather! we’re planning our vegetable garden and the bugs and bees are out- and soon the cicadas are coming too- a historic year where two broods will emerge at the same time. Some cicadas emerge every 13 years …
I recently finished this brown and turquoise scrappy version of “Safety” I still used the 6″ QUBE and my color A was dark brown, color B was Light Brown and color C was turquoise. It was interesting to see it in different colors and totally scrappy, because white on white scrappy is hard to see …
This sickness in our house is just lingering! I seem to have a sore throat and cough for a week now! I thought moms weren’t allowed to get sick! I HAVE been sewing some at least this week, I finished up a priscilla and star block in hunter green, now I think I have 24 …
I have a new pattern listed in my shop called Hyacinths in Baskets Finished sizes 18” x 30”, 36” x 42”, 54” x 72” Finished Block size: 6” Skill Level: Exp. Beginner Combining traditional blocks like baskets and hourglass blocks with some cute muted fabrics, creates a sweet subtle feel for this quilt design. Size: …
I finished quilting another customer’s quilt- thanks Kathy! Kathy MAILED me the quilt and it was a fun surprise to open it and see that it was a quilt made with MY pattern! This is a blue batik version of “Nighttime by the River” It was quite big and she chose “Finesse” as the long …
Tax season is over so let’s just say bye bye flutterby to that! maybe you owe $$ or maybe you got a refund? It’s time to highlight one of the pink bird KITS ! Flutterby with each kit shown you get all the fabrics to make the top and the binding, the printed pattern and …