After I purchased my Singer 15-91 and started posting about the beautiful Art Deco cabinet we found that Dave then completely refinished for me, I started having people arrive at my blog after searching on how to remove a sewing machine from its cabinet.  I hated to see them go away not having found what they were looking for so…
I got a lot of TV watching done while I was hand sewing the binding to the back of the Paper Pinwheel Lap Quilt and Bed Runner. Monday night we watched the entire first season of Broadchurch. We hadn’t intended to watch all eight episodes but the writers of the first season were masters of the cliff hanger ending! And…
Quilting the Paper Pinwheel quilts is coming along nicely after the free motion quilting practice I did on the placemats. By Wednesday night I had the four 12” blocks on the lap quilt finished before I ran out of thread. A quick trip to the fabric store fixed that but not my sore, aching shoulders. You see, I’m still learning…
I woke up to this text message from our oldest daughter who is teaching in Shanghai: Xin nian kuai le! Gong xi fa cai! Happy Chinese New Year! So I’m passing those wishes on to all of you. Let’s hope that The Year of the Wooden Goat is as prosperous for us all as it is predicted to be! …
I had hoped to finish my two Paper Pinwheel quilts this week but I’ve spent the past two days unpicking a block of fmqing on the lap quilt that I was less than pleased with. I had no idea it would take me this long to unpick all those stitches and I’m still not finished. That’s today’s goal… finish unpicking…
With the 14th fast approaching, I decided to spend some evening TV watching time making a couple of Valentine’s Pips. They turned out so cute that yesterday with the sun shining in and providing great lighting, I held a little photo shoot and experimented with different ways to show them off. I’ve been looking for an excuse to add that…
Do you remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books we used to read when we were kids? Well that was kind of how the making of this purse went. Each step of the way, I was asking myself, “What next?” or “Now what do I do with it?” It all started last week when I won a giveaway that Julie…
It’s such a cold and gloomy day today after the bright sunshine we had yesterday that I’m tempted to choose another bright, colorful UFO/WIP for A Year of Lovely Finishes goal like I did last month when I completed my Flying Zebra Quilt. But I’ve already started the quilting on my Paper Pinwheel baby quilt so I’ve decided that it…
What a busy week it’s been!! No big projects completed but I’ve been making progress in several areas and that feels good. I did manage to complete the matching scissor keep and pincushion to go along with the zipper pouch and thimble pip. In addition to that, I was able to finish two more miniature mitten, hat and scarf…
I have had so much fun working on this quilt! And as my January project for A Year of Lovely Finishes, it is done well before the end of the month. It is also my second finish for my 2015 Finish Along Q1 Goals. Back in 2011, I made two donation quilts from this line flying zebra fabric which I…