Goals for 2019
I love the beginning of the year, sitting down with a hot cup of tea and my quilting notebooks, to plan lots of projects. This year I am happy to participate in Quilting… Continue reading
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Wrapping up 2018
I did not get a whole lot of quilting done in 2018, but many of the things I did accomplish had been on my to-do list for a long time. 2018 was the… Continue reading
The Bottomless Bin of Red Scraps
It’s been almost two years since I bought eight shoeboxes full of scraps (and a lot of big pieces, too) from my friend, Marilyn, who had to downsize. For this ScrapHappy project, I… Continue reading
International Quilt Festival 2018
Being that I live outside of Houston, most years I am able to attend the International Quilt Festival. However, I also drive a big pick-up truck, so driving myself downtown and trying to… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day Four: Improv
I can’t believe our online quilt group, the Endeavourers, has already been together for a full year! I have loved working on our challenge themes. This time the theme was Improvisation, and I… Continue reading
Scrappy Baby Quilts Finished
I started these baby quilts back in February, and I finally got all three of them finished. On one of them, I quilted smaller patterns in the white blocks only, and on the… Continue reading
ScrapHappy September 2018
I am so happy to join this group! I have been wanting to get something finished for the monthly Scrap Happy Day on the 15th, and I finally made it. I bought big… Continue reading
The Two Quilts of Madame X
The location: undisclosed The date: unrevealed The source: anonymous The job: provide quilt history The payoff: images for my files A quilt consultation was set up. Here is the client’s story: I don’t… Continue reading
The Endeavourers’ Reveal Day Three: Spirals
I am part of an online art quilt group, The Endeavourers, that works on quarterly challenges. Our current topic “Spirals” generated a lot of ideas in my mind, but sewing machine troubles turned… Continue reading
Basting, Bingeing, and Books
A while ago Kerry at Love Those Hands At Home mentioned in a post that she had tried this quilt-basting method from Sharon Schamber. The main idea is that you roll the quilt… Continue reading