My sister and I occasionally take on “Sister Projects” together. It’s seriously fun to have a sister close who quilts! She didn’t start quilting in earnest until 2001, but it’s as if she’s been quilting with me all along. I used to quilt with our grandmother, and Katy took up quilting a few months after […]
5 Comments. Continue Reading...I mentioned earlier that I began a new “100 Days Project” back on March 10th. I had been mulling over what to do for my next one ever since my embroidered project was finished, and as I was rummaging through my vintage stuff one weekend, I happened upon this pile of melons: If you’d like […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Last year I committed to trying (and should have been committed for trying) 365 Days of Handstitching. It wasn’t easy. I ended up doing hand stitching on 286 days of 2019. I missed 79 days. But I finished 35 projects because of it! I hand stitched the binding on the backs of 22 quilts, finished […]
13 Comments. Continue Reading...I felt the urge to make a new Valentine’s project this year, and I wanted to do something with embroidery. I thought about designing something completely new, but I’m still in love with my “Be Mine” Valentine appliqué wall quilt pattern, so I decided to use it to make a little stitchery mini quilt. Here’s […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...Because our weather has been so horrific this January, I’ve been spending a lot of time in my cozy chair of an evening, and sometimes my fingers are too cold to wield a sewing needle, so I’ve been doing a LOT of knitting. Knitting and crochet projects count towards my . . . Handwork is […]
13 Comments. Continue Reading...Last year I attempted to do 365 Days of Hand Stitching. You can read about it HERE. If you click the button in the sidebar, you can visit the posts where I talk about some of the handwork projects I worked on throughout the year, if you’re interested in seeing any of them. So last […]
19 Comments. Continue Reading...For those of you participating in the Summertime Sampler Block-of-the-Month through Sew Sweet Quilt Shop, along with this month’s block, I’m giving you some of my appliqué hints and tricks, to help you with the appliqué portions of the traditional version of the quilt. If you’d like to learn directly from me in person, I’m […]
1 Comment. Continue Reading...Six years ago, I was part of a fall blog hop along with a lot of other designers, and we each presented a block as part of the hop. My block was an appliqué block with a pumpkin and a kitty and a mouse, and I really had a lot of fun designing and making […]
4 Comments. Continue Reading...I have quite a collection of vintage quilt tops and vintage orphan blocks. One of my favorite quilting pastimes is reworking them into new finished quilts. I don’t get to spend as much time at it as I’d like, but every now and then, I put in some effort on it. I’m teaching at Arrow […]
6 Comments. Continue Reading...We’re nearly done with the first quarter of 2018 — how can that be already? And . . . how is it not really spring yet? I’m ready to open up the house and let some fresh warm spring air in — my living room smells like a barn! It’s been storming off and on […]
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