Working on my own crazy version of Any Way You Slice It by Denyse Schmidt. I’m not following the pattern in her book, since I can’t stand using templates if it’s not absolutely necessary. Here’s how I do it instead….
random
yes, i’m workin’ on stuff halfway done this one two more twin size although one I can’t show you …
Fact #17
my house is sorta cleaned up and the laundry caught up, OR i make quilts. not both. last week my house was cleaned up. this week i’m gonna quilt (i hope!)
Scrap Republic
Scrap Republic. Isn’t that the most perfect name ever? I mean, I would have bought it on the name alone, not to mention all the delicious, scrappy, rainbowy goodness. So I bought this book almost without thinking about it. The…
saturday afternoon
my husband is climbing mountains… i’ve been making applesauce and freezing corn from the garden… because of the above activities my house was in bad need of cleaning… old friends coming for night tonight… which all added up to what…
Basting Again
Late afternoon sunlight streaming across a newly basted quilt on the kitchen floor… You may notice that I’m on a mission to see how few pins I can use, and still come out with no puckers. These blocks are BIG…
bits from the sewing room
a table runner that I’m in love with… I’ll show you more once my table clears off and the sun shines in! Trying to decide if I like this one enough to continue, or if I should pack it up…
monday morning
A fun bunch of fabrics from FabricShack… August blocks for do.Good Stitches. Such fun blocks!
A Smidge of Dr. Suess
Here we go! I’m rather excited to show you the first finish in my cleanup marathon! Before you get too admiring of my speedy skills, I must admit that this one had the top completely done, and the backing all…
What?! June already?
Time absolutely whizzzzes by! I often wish that I had twice as much time, so that I could fit in all the things I’d like to do, all the skills I’d like to learn, and all the places I’d like…
Random Piecing
These first two blocks were made for the month of May in the do.Good Stitches quilt bee. Mary asked for scraptastic blocks, and since I love this type of piecing, I couldn’t wait to start! I made them entirely from…
Block Mish Mash
I wanted to say “Thanks” to QuiltStory for featuring my quilt today. Problem was I didn’t have any new projects to show you. Although there are a few in the quilting stage, I seem to work in fits or bursts,…