Tag Archive: quilting

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

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

Puppy Cuteness

In an ongoing effort to use up pre-cut fabrics I’ve been given, I pulled out all the puppy fabrics, intending to make a twin-size quilt. I found a quilt on Pinterest that I… Continue reading

Wrapping Up 2022

Early this year my parents had health issues that made them decide they could no longer live independently, and they asked me to find them a retirement home.  They had lived in Dallas… Continue reading

Some Kids’ Quilts Finishes

I am very happy to have gotten two quilts finished before the holiday hustle and bustle begins. I started making quilts with this pattern in early 2018.  I initially saw the pattern on… Continue reading

September 2021 Quilt Projects

Since I am apparently just going to make quilt tops for the rest of my life, and never finish them, I thought I would post a few. A benefit to this photo session… Continue reading

Two Finishes and a Disappointment

I have been getting some small quilts through to completion. For this first one, the fish print fabric was already cut up when I received it. I am happy to use donated fabric,… Continue reading

I Spy Donations

A friend from Dallas gave me bags and boxes of fabrics — someone had donated so much to their quilt group, that they were spreading it to out-of-town friends!  Some of it was… Continue reading

I Whistle a Happy Tune

I have been making some things this summer, but not exciting things.  We have had a crew here off and on to replace the siding on our house — the noise and the… Continue reading