
I guess I should have waited a day to take the pictures of the Christmas quilt I posted yesterday because this morning we woke up to thisThe mountain had disappeared into the cloudsWhen you hear 'Snow Day' what do you think? Curl up under a quilt with a good book? Sew? Do a little baking? Sit by the fire?The answer? None of the above. Although I did spend time by the fire.DH came in at 7 and
read moreEach year in January I like to start a new Kaffe Fassett quilt. This year I chose Lightning Strike from Quilts on an English Farm.
When I made Kaffe quilts I like to take inspiration from the books, and use fabrics that I already have in my stash. I love mixing up older prints with the new ones.
This pattern is just giant half square triangles but the placement gives the quilt real movement.
I love a soft, hand quilted quilt with wool batting and that's what I've done here. I quilted the whole quilt with a variegated ...
read moreI had a little more stitching time than I expected this week. We had a snowstorm last weekend. Some of my kiddos were planning to stay several days, but everyone ended up going home on Thursday or Friday, as the storm was scheduled to come in overnight on Friday. That left me with more of …
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read moreI can’t believe I’m caught up on the first two clues. Next clue on Friday Clue 2. Some of the geese will require creative sewing. I think mine got worse the more I did
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This morning, Patrick was golfing. I was able to sleep a little bit. Then I got up and ordered some sugar cookie cutters, squeeze bottles, and some different size cookie rollers. I will be ready for sugar cookies and want to be "professional" with the designs. LOL - good luck with that!
Then I vacuumed and did laundry. Woo-Hoo! Once all that was done, I played till about 2 pm. Then headed downstairs to get some backing and batting done to take a couple quilts to Colleen tomorrow.
Cutting batting for 6 quilts and backing for 4. I figure I can ... read more
Happy Friday, quilters! I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving and ate lots of turkey and pie.
This week's quilts are tops made by Becky and quilted by Doris. Thanks so much to those ladies for their fabulous work.
It's been cold and wet here lately, winter has made itself known. The kitties are missing their porch time. Fudge will go outside for a few minutes and then come back in to warm up.
I tried to have him wear his sweater the other day when it was particularly cold, but he pouted and refused to move ...
read moreThis is a quilt I made this fall using a panel and some coordinating fabric I purchased from Swifty Stitches when it was still open. I call it Steam Punk I. Steam Punk I because I purchased another Steam Punk panel while I was in process of making this one and that quilt will be called Steam Punk II whenever I actually make it.
I made up the pattern myself as I had only so much coordinating fabric. Afterwards I went to Cali Quilts and purchase an orange Minky fabric for the backing. I hung it on my wall during ...
read moreThis is a quilt I made this fall using a panel and some coordinating fabric I purchased from Swifty Stitches when it was still open. I call it Steam Punk I. Steam Punk I because I purchased another Steam Punk panel while I was in process of making this one and that quilt will be called Steam Punk II whenever I actually make it.
I made up the pattern myself as I had only so much coordinating fabric. Afterwards I went to Cali Quilts and purchase an orange Minky fabric for the backing. I hung it on my wall during ...
read moreIt has been a while since I have signed on here. It has been so long that I could not remember my password! It has taken me close to a half hour to finally get on here. But here I am. A lot has happened in the past 5 years since I posted anything.
read moreIt has been a while since I have signed on here. It has been so long that I could not remember my password! It has taken me close to a half hour to finally get on here. But here I am. A lot has happened in the past 5 years since I posted anything.
read moreWhen I saw this pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew, I immediately thought it would make a great scrappy Christmas quilt.I made a different scrappy Christmas quilt in 2018 And I thought it was time to make another and hopefully whittle down my Christmas fabrics a little.I like that the pieces in this block are big enough to show the fabrics.The white is a white on white print from my fabric pantry
read moreI had physical therapy last week. It just so happens that my favorite thrift store is right next to where I go for PT. In complete disclosure, I picked that PT facility for that very reason. HA!! Better yet, the thrift just did a complete remodel and expanded its square footage by more than doubling …
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read moreIt's time for I Like Thursday! Please visit LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to link up with more participating blogs. Well, it's time to display all our Christmas decorations. The first thing I always do is change up my table runner. I made this bargello years ago but it's still one of my favorites! The cats used to pull the ribbons but they leave it alone now that they're a little older.






















