Well before my mother fell on Dec 4, we were in the throes of planning an addition to our house so that she could move in with us. The addition is a large master-suite style space off our family room.As any of you who have...
This is my sewing machine. It is a Kenmore 1345. My sister and her boyfriend (later husband, then ex-husband and also my husband's brother!) gave it to "us" for a wedding present. It certainly has to be one of the presents that has seen the...
I have been busy sewing like crazy, but don't have any quilts to show for it! I have been working on bibs. One of the very part time jobs I do is to make bibs for a local company. They include them in gift baskets...
I designed and made this quilt in early 2007. It has lots of overlapping shapes. It wasn't hard to draw, but not so easy to piece! I ended up appliqueing a few of the corners down instead of redesigning it or cutting the pieces differently.When...
I am a regular listener to Jennifer Ackerman-Haywood's Craftsanity podcast (http://www.craftsanity.com/). Sometime ago Jennifer went to an alternative/indie craft show in Chicago and I thought it sounded great. While I really love the idea of craft fairs, many of them around here have...
This sudoku quilt is one of the first quilts I designed about two and a half years ago! Of course, I can't claim to be the first one to think of the idea of a sudoku quilt, but the design is my own.I made it...
It is getting toward that time of year! The holidays are coming!I designed this fun little wall hanging to accomplish several things. I wanted a modern, season-themed wall hanging that was "winter" as well as "Christmas" and I wanted to use bias in a...
Yesterday was my birthday. I spent most of the day at my paying job and we had a wonderful dinner at my Mom's - roast lamb, roast potatoes, peas and custard pie for dessert. YUM!One of our local quilt shops, Viking Sewing Center, gives...
As I mentioned before, I belong to three different quilting/creative groups. Our handworking group gets together every other week. Our next meeting is tomorrow and I always look forward to seeing everyone! A lot of handquilting takes place...
Sometimes I agonize over what to call my quilts. Sometimes nothing seems right. Not this time. "Choppy Seas" jumped into my head as soon as I looked at the finished quilt.This is the first quilt I designed with EQ5. It is a little crazy looking,...