Seeing as I was doing Slow Sunday Stitching yesterday I didn’t work at the sewing machine at all taking a break from the Christmas blocks instead I picked up neglected Morning Glory and worked on needle turn applique while watching a movie which I lost interest in half way through (The Irishman with Robert De […]
read moreLast yearI joined in on my first Mystery Quilt - Scrap Dance Minuet - hosted by Carole over at From My Carolina Home.
It was a scrap buster and easy to follow along. The clues were offered at an easy pace and the steps were beginner friendly and came together quickly.
I shuffled the Victoria and Albert Interweave strips - From left to right - To mix up the colors a bit - And even though I could have gone on f.o.r.e.v.e.r. - I had to finally s.t.o.p. - LOL - The top section looks OK - And the bottom section looks OK - So - while I was at it - I chose the strips for the left borders - And the right borders - Now - tomorrow - after my
read moreThe decision has been made on my January UFO. Thanks for your input. I am in the process of making small half-square triangles to ring the outside of the cheddar baskets quilt. Here is a picture of the progress on the hsts: The six quilts that are going into the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Show in February are now ready to be sent to Virginia. This week I finished the hanging sleeves and labels
read moreI had a busy week and thought I wasn’t going to get much done in the sewing department but happily the weekend came along and all was good.
We had weather here this week…a late start one day and no school on Friday. I thought Friday I would have a house full of kids but it turns out that several parents didn’t go in to work so I had an easy day with early pick ups so by 4pm, I was done with childcare and the house was already picked up! YAHOO. That day I had older ...
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The day started out pretty good. I fixed some blueberry muffins for breakfast - after waiting on Patrick to get up. Then I cleaned up my mess. lol
I decided to work on my beading.
Who would have thought an Hourglass Quilt Block could save the day? That’s exactly what happened in the book Mally the Maker and the Queen in the Quilt! This is one of my favorite blocks for this reason and I’ve only just begun to imagine how Mally will use this block in the next book!
Looking for a pattern for this Hourglass Quilt Block? It’s all in the video! I’m trying something new with these Mini Block Monday videos and including all the information in the video itself. Just hit “pause” when you need to and ...
read moreWelcome back to QUILTsocial! This week I’ll be using some unique features and attachments on the Brother Innov-ís BQ3050 machine to create some easy Valentine’s Day projects.
Brother Innov-ís BQ3050 machine
Today’s quilt uses a pieced heart design. I used scrap fabrics for my quilt, but you could use fat quarters or jelly roll strips for the pieced hearts.
Four Heart table topper or wall quilt
Hearts (red)
16 – 2½” x about 16″ strips in a variety of colors
1 – 2″ square to use in the sashing
Background (light color)
16 – 2½” squares
8 – 2½ ...
Are you ready to start sewing your blocks? Notice how there are 3 separate sections you’ll need to create for each Pieced Primrose block. Just follow my step-by-step tutorial below and you can adapt this process to any foundation paper pieced (FPP) design you can think of!
One of our quilt along participants, Michelle Hanus recommends folding all of the sewing lines (the dark lines on the pattern) before ...
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As mentioned before, I greatly enjoy reading mysteries. It has something to do with the need to have my brain in constant motion in order to keep myself from becoming bored. Yes, I do read the occasional romance novel, but they’re almost always so hokey and unrealistic that slogging through a whole one is quite an effort. No, give me a good who-dun-it, and I’m happy. What has this to do with tea, you’re wondering? Well, on one of my orders to Plum Deluxe I decided to add their Blender’s Choice option to my cart. I ...
read moreI've been doing some more slow stitching. This time with a little meditative quiet time added in.
Slow stitching, meditation style
In the October/November edition of the Quilting Arts magazine, I read an article that spoke to me. The article, Stitch Meditation, by Liz Kettle talked about meditating while stitching, since she found that regular meditation didn't really work for her. Wow! I've been trying to meditate and find it one of the most painful things to do. Quieting the mind is really difficult, except when I'm immersed in my quilting, or playing with code ...
Today, I thought I’d share some pictures I took while my mister and I were doing a little hiking on some family farm & ranch land I share with my brother and my cousin Dee. It belonged to our grandparents on Mom’s side. Someday soon I’ll try to write a longer post about it, but… Continue reading Sunday Scenery, Part 1
read moreHey Ho! I will try to do this blogging thing again. I fell off the "blog/horse" last year and have been having trouble getting back to it again. Mostly because I really wasn't doing much that was blog-worthy. At least I felt that way. So, a new year, a new decade and hopefully I'll be a more successful blogger.
My broken ankle has healed up beautifully. I'm able to do pretty much whatever I want now. I am more careful about how I do things now though!
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