Containers Made of Fabric
In my last post, I wrote about trying to use up the fabric from containers — I have also been making containers from fabric, trying out different techniques I have seen on YouTube.… Continue reading
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ScrapHappy December 2025 — Christmas Blocks
Recently I did an inventory of all my containers of fabrics, and I have 88! Ranging in size from a shoebox to a suitcase. My aim is to reduce that by a fourth… Continue reading
Another String Theory Quilt
This is another quilt based on Sharon Tucker’s String Theory pattern, which was in the April 2017 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting. The original pattern had nine big blocks. Each block started… Continue reading
Reclamation
A few months ago, I saw “Reclamation” as the title of someone’s blog post (which, sadly, I didn’t bookmark), and I thought, “That is what I want to do with all my left-over… Continue reading
Some Quilts Finally Finished
This year everything fell into place for me to start working with a longarm quilter, and I am loving it. No more trying to wrestle a large quilt through a small machine, no… Continue reading
Two Poems for National Quilting Day
Since December I have been keeping a poetry journal, working through a book called Every Day Poetry: The 365 Day Poetry Project, by Dustin Howard. The book leads you through 72 different poetry… Continue reading
Dust Off a Book Blog Hop
I buy a lot of books in auction lots, which means I don’t even look at each one before taking them home. So I was glad to sign up for the Dust Off… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Mosaic
Every quarter, our online group, The Endeavourers, posts the small art quilts that resulted from the quarterly challenge, and today is the day! This time the theme was “Mosaic.” Initially, I thought this… Continue reading
Wrapping Up 2024 and Phrase for 2025
This year I started off with a focus on weaving. Next, I finished hand-quilting on this vintage top. I tied this, the world’s heaviest quilt, that I had string-pieced from pieces of men’s… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day — Spices
I am part of an online art quilt group that creates small pieces for quarterly themes. This time the theme was Spices. When we gathered up theme suggestions a few years ago, I… Continue reading