M-11 and A-5 of Dear Jane. A-5 is hiding a bit ashamedly because after fussy cutting lizards most carefully I trimmed the whole block off center. We will never speak of this again. _______________________________ The SO belongs to a gym. This is a bit odd because we have a home gym that is fairly extensive. [...]
I made more Dear Jane blocks. These are H-3 and M-1. I about destroyed my sewing machine on the first one. It jammed and I broke a needle and knocked the bobbin assembly out of alignment. I had to take the whole machine apart and put it back together before it decided to work for [...]
I made more Dear Jane blocks today. The star block center is bugging me but I don’t feel like tearing it out. That center star is tiny (the whole block is only 5 inches) so just having it shift a bit during sewing made me cut off the points. These are blocks B-10 and G-6.
I sewed more Dear Jane blocks today. I think half the fun for me is to take the horrible directions that my friends have and figure out easier ways to do them. They took the class from a woman who believed that every block was better if you could figure a way to get some [...]
Today’s Workout – Ran 1.5 miles and walked 1 mile (warm up and cool down – getting to where I wanted to run and getting back) I decided that I should go out and run on a flatter part of the park which is mostly mowed grass trails. I could work on some speed then. [...]
So I ended up working on an UFO during sewing day today. This is my Dear Jane on Acid quilt. I don’t like the look of the Dear Jane quilt. My sewing friends were doing it and it seemed like quite a trial and tribulation to them. They still aren’t done. They are ignoring it [...]
The ugly blue quilt top is finally done! The poor thing has that name because I found that I have a strange collection of incredibly ugly fabric in my blue bin. I was trying to get rid of some. Here’s an example. This had to come from a swap. I know I didn’t give money [...]
I love New York Beauty and fan blocks. Here are some interesting settings. I can’t find the name on this one. Sunset Serenade by Beth Schillig Sunshine and Shadows by Barbara Polston
The Geisha and the Serving Girl by Claudia Clark Myers Make it Orange, Grandma by Daphne Byrd The Duke by Gwen Gwinner Christmas Eve ABC’s by Cathy Wiggins Afternoon Delight by Lenore Crawford In Our Dreams by Shirley Tchou
These quilts are really small and detailed. I don’t have the patience to work this small. Trees, Glorious Trees by Charlotte Rickert Newhard This quilt looks full size in the picture but compare to the pin holding up the label. Those half square triangles are tiny! Never Ending by Darlene Donohue Normal log cabin with [...]
I went to the National Quilting Association show this week. Here are some of the great quilts I saw. Serene Swans by Beth Heurlin Just Sing…Sing a Song by Tom Russell I Can Can Tou? by Betty Hahn Peacock Obsession by also by Beth Heurlin
It is Pink Saturday again hosted by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. This is the quilt that I made for my sister in law. Her baby shower is today. It is from a pattern out of Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine in 1996. Yes, I appliqued even though I don’t like it at all. The borders [...]
My quilt made mostly of ugly blue fabrics isn’t looking too bad. I picked out some other prints that had some blue in them for variety. There are some seriously hideous blues in here though. One has turquoise and purple palm trees and some surfers on it. Now I KNOW that I didn’t give money [...]
I’ve been totally boring all week long, hence the lack of posts. But today I managed to finish the top of the baby quilt. For someone who doesn’t do handwork having to do some hand embroidery is horrifying. It is best not to look too closely. I think the rabbit is smirking at me. Then [...]
I made good progress on my SIL’s baby quilt today. I got everything cut out and fused. This is amazing because I Don’t Do Applique. My sewing group is amazed because I am famous for Not Doing Applique. In my head I thought about hand sewing the pieces down but once it all came together [...]
I redrew the barn pattern that gave me so much grief this weekend. Then the doors open up and there are horses inside! I’m doing this for a swap. I think I’ll keep this one for me and use sturdier barn door fabric for the ones I swap. But overall I like it.
Done! (The top, that is.) Yeah! It is huge. There are two people standing on chairs holding this over their heads.
I started to put the sashing in my Carolina Christmas quilt. I’m using a 1.5 inch green sashing. I think it sets off the blocks just enough to make the overall look less chaotic to my eyes. One of my friends finished this sampler top for her great-niece. I took Freckles out for a walk [...]
I finally finished up all the blocks for the Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt. I was disappointed at first when I saw the finished layout because I didn’t like it. I like both of the blocks but together it seemed too cluttered. I think my problem is that there isn’t a secondary design that forms when [...]
I got to start off this morning with a massage. That’s always a happy thing. The only problem is that the table leaves a curved line across my forehead. I was running to the grocery store afterwards so I either looked like a crazy person or someone exotic with strange markings on my face. I [...]