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Let me get this out of the way from the start: I love my Bernina 790+ sewing machine. I often say that someone would have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. However, it does have one disadvantage: it’s really heavy! In the past, I’ve opted not to participate in several sewing days with […]

Last summer I pieced a quilt top called Metropolis II by Heidi Pridemore, and that top has been “marinating” while I considered how I wanted to quilt it. I’d finally decided that I wanted to use some of the designs that Sue Heinz has in her repertoire and which would work very well in this […]

Yesterday I posted that I was working on embroidering the borders of the Winter Twist project from San Francisco Stitch Co. And now the embroidery is finished, and my Bernina is taking a well-earned nap! The next step, of course, will be to quilt the piece, finishing the little quilt with piping and binding. This […]

The borders and corner sections for the embroidered project I’ve been working on were released! This is the Winter Twist sew-along from San Francisco Stitch Co. The blocks and finishing pieces have been free for a while, but that will stop in a very short time. There are, of course, four borders; you see one of […]

And here’s the third of the four blocks that San Francisco Stitch Co. is issuing as a free download for the winter! This “marquis” is a curious little ermine who pokes his head up in search of whatever he can see in the neighborhood. He was inspired by a real one who ventured close to […]

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an embroidered block that was the beginning of a short series put out by San Francisco Stitch Company. Today the second block was released, the Snow Baron, a snowy owl at night. Given the state of my back at the moment, I wasn’t sure I could get to […]

I’ve posted before about designs from San Francisco Stitch Co. As they’ve done in several times in the past, they’re providing a free set of designs, one block at a time over the course of several weeks. This time, the 6″ blocks are called Winter Twist, and each block will be available for a very […]

About a week ago, I posted the first part of a little quilt I’d begun in a class. Since that time, I’ve finished that top, as well as a second one. Unfortunately, I don’t particularly like the results, so I doubt that I’ll actually finish them. Here’s the first one, begun in class. I think […]

Omigosh! I can hardly believe that it’s been over a month since I last posted! In my defense, I’ve been busy with family things and general life “stuff”. I’m still working — slowly — on the saguaro quilt, though. It’s all pieced and sandwiched, and my quilting is in progress. The quilting is pretty dense, […]

Wow! I hadn’t really noticed how long it’s been since I’ve written a blog post, but here we go. I made a quilt top that I’ve decided I don’t like. I have it all sandwiched and ready to quilt, but I can’t seem to get to the quilting, since I don’t like it. Maybe sometime […]

At 85″ x 85″, this Ribbon Weave quilt is much larger than I usually make. Thank goodness for the suspension system I purchased last spring! Wrestling something of this size through my Bernina 790+ would have been exhausting otherwise! If I’d thought through what I was doing, I think I’d have redrafted the design in […]

This improv piece has been sitting

around for almost 2 years...

It has waited long enough.

The top consists of Pick Up Stix blocks...

This is a piece I hand dyed and

         silk screened.

I sliced it up and created borders...

The quilt top is ready to be basted and

go under the needle...

I’m still working — slowly — on the same quilt as I showed you previously. It’s slow going, since there are always (of course!) interruptions. It’s also quite a bit larger than my usual quilts, due to a lack of forethought before I started it. Thank goodness I have that wonderful suspension system to help […]

I started another quilt (of course!), this one called Ribbon Weave, by Basic Grey. The original pattern shows the quilt in a sort of subdued Christmas color way, but I decided to do it in purples and turquoises. I finished constructing all of the various blocks — four different kinds, as well as corner and […]

I ran across an adorable embroidery motif, and it was on sale; what was I to do?

 I purchased new toy recently for my shop.

I currently have a HandiQuilter Sweet 16 at my shop that belongs to a customer. She brought the machine in so I could help her to get it working and then give her lessons on it. I've got it working and she has started lessons. I quilted a small project on it to make sure everything was working properly and realized how much I missed quilting some things myself. I also have a HandiQuilter Sweet 16 at home but I rarely have time to quilt something at home. So I decided ...

I really like my Martelli rotary cutters; I have a 45mm version as well as a 60mm version. The thing that makes them so comfortable for me to use is that they have offset handles — which is what makes them awkward to take anywhere, given that they aren’t flat. (Note: I see that they’ve […]

From Oregon to Idaho

10 hour road trip...

We are staying at:

Twinlow Camp and Retreat Center

Rathdrum, Idaho

More to come...

Ta-da! It’s done!