oy vey, it's generally too late to post your color work on the day it's announced and we only have 4 post days so I tried to reason out the probability and decided chances are it will be yellow or purple.
so I worked on both!
Wow, July was quite a month. It's amazing what you can get done when you have 4 days at retreat!
Welcome to a brand new series here on the blog: Sewing the Trends! Throughout this series, we’ll be making one quilt together while exploring a different quilting trend in each post. First up? Calming neutrals! With the Pantone Color of the Year being Cloud Dancer (an airy white), it’s no surprise that soft, soothing neutrals are taking center stage, and it’s the perfect excuse to let Background Bundles step into the spotlight for your next quilt. Plus, we’re giving those leftover Fat Quarters a second, trendy life in your sewing space by revisiting our favorite sewing ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. There was a lot to do in the kitchen yesterday, and so I went straight to work on that before I did anything else. First, I wanted to try another method with the Granola Cups. We really like these a lot for breakfast, and I think I've finally hit on the magic formula. This was my fourth attempt.
Good morning, my friends. There was a lot to do in the kitchen yesterday, and so I went straight to work on that before I did anything else. First, I wanted to try another method with the Granola Cups. We really like these a lot for breakfast, and I think I've finally hit on the magic formula. This was my fourth attempt.
The table.....now.
The wrapping cloth on the left will be backed with the yellow fabric.
I have been measuring marking and pinning.
More patchwork pieces are being cut from gingham offcuts too so that I can progress my drawstring bag.
If you are in my class...hello! You may notice something annoyingly wrong with the fabric on the right.
Safe to say it's giving me a headache with my plans.
I'm not crying....yet.
I will make a video to speak about this on Monday.
We all had a decent night. Murphy is content to sleep outside - I just don't get that, but if it keeps her happy, then I'm willing to do it. But should she ever bark, I'll be like the Dad in The Night Before Christmas - "I awoke with a flash and flew to the window and tore open the sash!" That will be me! But so far, so good. And when I brought her in around 5 AM (that's kind of the witching hour for raccoons), she was happy to sleep in Lexi's bed, but when ...
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This project resurfaced after my great wardrobe malfunction last year, and I was determined to work on it once I had completed my secret quilt sewing. It started out like this, a bunch of multi-coloured string blocks, which I had started sewing burgundy batik sashing strips on.
String blocks
The top was completed in June, then it was layered and pinned up ready for machine quilting.
Pinning up the quilt outside on a sunny winter day
The quilting took me ages, with stops and starts along the way. Some days I was busy doing other things, and some days I ...
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The floral stars was in a time out for a year and half and then I made final decisions to get the top sewn together. A large percentage of the prints are from ...
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I had my doctor’s appointment on Monday. This was the follow-up with the podiatrist. I had been soaking my foot for over two months, trying to calluses off my right big toe. I had calluses that were layered and layered. UGH. I’m diabetic, and feet are important for diabetics, so I went in when I …
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July has been mostly a bust where quilting and cross stitching are concerned. My brother was here for 10 days, and we had a good time catching up and binge watching The Gilded Age, so there was that. A bigger chunk of my time, however, was spent researching a serious topic related to a recent action by our HOA. I hope I got its attention.
As a result, I delayed starting another big cross stitch project and dug up one already in progress, although just barely – a Christmas-themed afghan, stitched on white Anne Cloth. The designs come from a 12 ...
read moreEver since I heard the movie was coming out, I wanted to see Young Washington. Our family is full of history buffs, and I am one of them. I don’t know that I can tell you the dates that things happened anymore, but I still like learning more. Of course, I am not sure how …
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