It’s day 5 of the “Dust off a quilt book” the last day! and it’s MY turn to show my quilt and book! The book I picked is called Twist and Turn Bargello by Eileen Wright the reason I picked this book was that a friend at our church who recently retired is getting into …
Back in July I found my last leftover from being an ambassador for Island Batik for several years- I found a 2 1/2″ roll or part of it- I think it was leftover from the quilt I had sent to McCall’s or one of those magazines and then when they went almost bankrupt they cancelled …
My all time favorite quilting book is probably “Barbello quilts with a twist” I bought the book because I fell in love with the cover picture and I’ve made many version in the past of this pattern but it’s been several years. So now I got it out and found yardage for it and started …
Recently when I was sorting thru my batiks for the last Blog hop for this year’s ambassadors (Blog hop in January) I realized I had put a pack of 2 1/2” strips and matching yardage in the same box that I didn’t touch since I pretty much got the fabrics this summer. This fabric line …
I seem to often come back to this little table topper- it’s so cute and fun and easy to make. a little wall hanging- I now have it hanging over my ironing board and I’ve pinned little notes etc to it Here’s an applique quilt I first didn’t want to submit to the county fair, …
Here is my first large bargello quilt, it looks so much like the quilt on the cover of the Bargello with a twist book! I submitted it to the county fair last summer 2009 and got a ribbon for it- can’t remember if it got 2nd or honorable mention- I submitted 4 quilts and got …
This is a lap fourth of july bargello quilt, I quilted little stars all over it I had made it and then found out my son’s school was having a fund-raiser night and also some silent auction items, so I donated this quilt and attached a note that I spent $25 in fabrics, but then …