The past week turned into an unplanned blogging break. One of the sewing projects I was working on took longer than I had estimated and for the other, well… what was supposed to be a quick, fun project of sewing a new nightgown turned into correcting mistakes in the purchased pattern that I didn’t even notice until after I’d already…
These band members just get cuter and cuter! Next week, I’ll be introducing you to the lead singer. (So far, I am managing to resist the temptation to give these characters names, but that’s not to say that there haven’t been a few silly story lines that have started running through this writer’s head… lol.) The pattern for this…
It wasn’t done in time for our oldest daughter’s visit but finally the Seeds of Friendship bolster cover is finished and on the bed in the guest bedroom. The Ambleside mini charm pack that I used to frame the embroidery looks as lovely as I had hoped it would. As I mentioned back in this post… my entry was drawn…
This week’s vintage Workbasket pattern is another in the series I began sharing two weeks ago. The first were these cute dancing veggies. Then last week was the winter squash playing a salt shaker. Today I’m sharing another member of the band. The veggies must be rocking it out because this sweet pepper is really drumming up a storm! Vintage…
Just a quick post today while I take a break from quilting my Seeds of Friendship Bolster Cover. I want to have this finished and on the bed in the guest bedroom before our oldest daughter and future son-in-law get here. The original plan had them arriving here Thursday but their flight out of Shanghai was delayed a few hours…
I’ve finished hand basting my Disappearing Nine Patch and it’s ready to quilt. For the DP9 blocks I’ve decided to free motion quilt them alternating between dragonflies and butterflies. So I’ve been doodling some dragonflies. As you can see… some of my dragonflies are pretty strange looking but the doodling helped me to figure out how I could fmq in…
Can you believe the year is half over?!! Time to really focus on getting projects finished. I didn’t get nearly as many things done as I had listed on my 2015 Finish Along Q2 list; which I will admit was definitely overly ambitious. But I did manage to complete 3 small projects and two larger projects so I’m going to…
Last week’s adorable fish had some friends on the same vintage Workbasket transfer sheet. Now they can all join each other on an under sea adventure! This pattern can be downloaded as a pdf here. Welcome to Stitchery Link Party #13! For those visiting for the first time, you’ll want to check out not only this week’s party but…
My Forest Friends quilt was my May and then my June “A Lovely Year of Finishes Goal” and there were times in the last week that I wondered if it would end up being my July goal as well. Before starting to do the free motion quilting on it, I tested the tension and stitch setting on a practice sandwich. …
Last week, on June 21st, the 2015 Row by Row Experience kicked off with hundreds of quilt shops across the US and Canada taking part. The event runs from June 21st to September 8th. Each participating shop offers a free pattern for their row that they’ve designed to go with this year’s H2O theme. Most of the shops are also…