20 Mar WIP Wednesday
Wherein I try free motion quilting! Not too bad for my first try, but plenty of room for improvement. I've been wanting to learn to FMQ for ages, but just kept putting it off due to more urgent items on the to-do list and a...
23 Jan WIP Wednesday
I have two WIPs to share today. I'm not saying that is how many I have altogether...
07 Sep QuiltCon Quilt Show
I'm so looking forward to the quilt show part of QuiltCon! I've been to a few national quilt shows over the years and, while I always enjoy the creativity and workmanship, they often don't have many quilts that are my style. Quilts that make me...
18 Jan WIP Wednesday
I feel like I have a bit of quilting ADD lately. It's not that I get bored with projects, but it seems like another challenge or opportunity that I can't resist pops up in the middle of one project and leads me to start another....
17 Nov Sewing, sewing…
You may be wondering if I fell off a cliff or something since I haven't posted anything since last Friday. Truth is, I have been working on a bunch of things that I can't share (mostly magazine submissions). Four projects to be exact, so I've...
10 Sep Work in (non)progress
You know how you get a great idea (maybe in the shower) and can't wait to work on it? I had this idea yesterday morning of lots of shades of dark purple with a few little pops of yellow. Somewhat inspired by the work of...
08 Feb Coming along…
Just finished marking my bird wall quilt. I hope to get the quilting done today but have a couple of appointments that will interrupt me. Marking a quilt is my usual way of preparing for quilting. Since I do a lot of straight line quilting, I...
24 Jan Much better
I am much happier with this version. The birds are not fighting with the background now. I have started the applique but I ran out of red thread. So annoying!! I really thought I had an extra spool of the right color, but, unfortunately, no. ...
15 Jun Bee’s Knees VQB
Most of this weekend's sewing was putting together my blocks from the Bee's Knees VQB. This shot is a partial view. I actually have the whole top together, but I'll wait until the quilting is complete before I show the whole thing. I really like...