As I was rocking my baby back to sleep in the dark bedroom last night I had three thoughts. Well, it started with one thought and then moved on to the next, which brought me to the third. First of…
Sew Together Bags and Random Thoughts
In real time, I’m facing the daunting task of basting my Moda Building Blocks quilt. (I’ve decided that I’m not going to call it ‘Modern’ Building Blocks, because in my humble opinion, a Sampler quilt is not really a modern…
Around the World Blog Hop
If you read quilting blogs much, you will likely have seen traces of this ‘Around the World Blog Hop’. If you’re tagged, you write a blog post answering the questions and then tag three more bloggers. I don’t generally participate,…
On Selling Quilts
When I made this Flying Geese Quilt, I saved the little strips left over from cutting. I had an idea for a mini project that I wanted to make with them. Today I had a few minutes in the sewing…
Just a few more thoughts on Granny…
1. Granny Square Quilt #finishit2013, 2. Granny Square Baby Quilt, 3. Granny Squares front, 4. vintage granny square quilt!, 5. Granny Square Quilt, 6. Granny Square Table Topper, 7. harper and kate holding my granny square quilt, 8. My Granny…
One More Granny Square {and quite a few thoughts}
feel free to join me as i indulge in a little trip down memory lane! if you like, you can read this post, which is my original ‘granny square post’, and then my tutorial, which was a part of Stitched…
Modern Quilts from the Blogging Universe
Mixed emotions – that’s definitely the way I feel about this quilt and the whole experience surrounding it. Here’s a short summary of how it happened. Spring of 2011 I was asked by Martingale Publishers to contribute to a…
quilt love {book love}
i’m in love with this book. it’s not really a new technique book for me, but more of pure inspiration. Cassandra’s overall philosophy of quilting just rings right with me. i love her concept of using loved and precious fabrics…
sewing room in progress – quilting to resume shortly
(an old quilt i found which i adore…that orange back and binding…but which needs a bit of work. someone had the brilliant idea to use it as a tree skirt and hacked a big hole in the middle) well, really…
Unusual Colors
Working on some simple patchwork. It’s for a new and exciting venture that I’m working on! No, I can’t tell you about it yet, but soon! Every once in a while, I’ll ask Duane (my husband) his opinion on…
Love in the Middle
this is one of those quilts that’s been sitting on the almost finished pile for at least six months. it’s made using a pattern by Tula Pink. and this one makes me think of a very interesting topic which i’ve…
yup! quilting still does it for me
slowly over time i forget the root of why i love to quilt. i’m not sure why this happens, maybe it’s seeing so many lovely and amazing quilts on blogs and flickr. maybe it’s thinking i had a ‘slightly’ original…
