After redesign after redesign purchasing of new fabric, reorganizing and organizing blocks, and then piecing, finally, Alec’s quilt is pieced and ready to go! The lesson learned here is never (I mean, never ever) put a quilt away and forget it. The biggest issue is all the “cute” fabric I
So, on my sidebar for quite some time has been “Alec’s Car’s Quilt” (as in Cars the movie). I’ve had the fabric for forever. however, no sooner had I purchased it than he up-sized to a double bed and all my fabric purchasing, etc. Well, that threw me into a
One of the most outstanding books I’ve read in a while. One reviewer wrote that they don’t normally like books about old people (ha, ha) but this book is so amazingly about love and attraction that the age of the characters don’t matter. I just adored the setting and I
Ironically, I started this post a year ago – yep! Seems to be my Achilles heel – the desire to learn to sew better and my fear of my machine. So, last year I fearlessly emailed the author – who has a marvelous blog “Whipstitch” and asked her if she
Well I have NOT gotten much done this month – except for finishing some things, I’ve just been zonked out in front of the TV every night With the kids still in elementary school, it seems like they pack a years worth of activities into May! It’s crazy. That and
If you’ve read my blog at all you know I’m a bit of a sewing machine -phobe! I really don’t LOVE machine sewing, but I have to do it sometimes to get through projects! This weekend I actually had some fun! I ordered this fabric before Christmas (see how behind
I found the embroidered piece at an estate sale – finished, but on a pillow “kit” (it just folded over and you could stitch it to the back) and so I rescued it. I got home and realized I had the fabric and pom-pom edging and couldn’t resist. I’ve been
The headline is sort of a tease – here’s last week’s TAST stitch couching: I really struggled with this, because most of the couching I’ve done was with heavy fibers or eyelash yarns – something kind of bulky and I really couldn’t picture that treatment on this block. However, I
I have hopes that both of these projects will move quickly – first is this cute applique mini-quilt. I’ve been looking at these sheep for forever – here they are in mid-assembly: The second, I’ve already given you a peek at – I’m trying this new frame and so far