About 9 years ago I took a chance on a “different” rotary cutter: Martinelli’s.
It has served me well and faithfully, but, after who-knows-how-many-tens-of-thousands-of-cuts, it was just worn out. I might have been able to get a replacement kit.
But, then I saw the new ones—BLUE!
And, that is how I got a new rotary cutter.
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I love having talented friends and am pleased as punch when they do amazing things! Well today I want to tell you about this brad new book written by two of my friends, Heather Black and Daisy Aschehoug. It’s called Modern Curves and Bold Stripes, published by C&T publishing.
Click here to get a copy of Modern Curves and Bold Stripes.
The premise of the book is 15 fabulous modern designs featuring stripes and curves. Heather designed 8 of them and Daisy designed 7. And let me tell you – they are all so fab!! And one of the ...
read moreI was put on “house arrest” last week as weeks of messing around with a cold-sinus infection-laryngitis-cough evolved into pneumonia. Again. Sometimes it is hard to be grateful for circumstances.
But, on the bright side, between resting and napping and doing nothing, I did get a lot of sewing time. I tidied my sewing room and evaluated projects.
Over a year ago, I won the Charleston Pavement pattern from Shelly at Prairie Moon Quilts. (She is the same one who sponsors the 350 block project.) There was a handy pile of inherited scraps as a starting point. There WERE a ...
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First, Doctor Zhivago is dead! Oh, spoiler alert. He really does die, finally. It's a great book. No, better than great--worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize in literature--but long and difficult. And I'm a good reader. Honestly I'm not bragging, I just am, having read well over 100 books (here's a list of the ones I remember).
Despite being a good reader, I needed two full weeks to read the book of only 560 pages. Yes, I worked on it, but I did just as much reading looking up Russian terms, history, maps. All of it ...
This is the Viking 788P sewing machine. Recently my husband was passing through Value Village when he spotted this machine in the electronics section. He texted me immediately and told me it was a retro Viking sewing machine for $19.99. The bobbin case, cord and foot pedal were all there. It operated well – and did I want it?
Of course, I had to try it out. Both of us figured it was an older Husqvarna machine. But no! These two Viking brands are totally unrelated. After doing some research online, I found out that Viking was the store brand ...
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