Posts Tagged ‘Quilting’
Waiting for 10AM
If you love quilting, or just hoarding fabric as much as I do, I’m sure you know about the Fat Quarter Shop. Because of their amazing selection, it’s one of my favorite places to order fabric online. The best part is their Flash Sale page, which gets updated at 10AM every day. That means I…
Read MoreWIP Wednesday
I finally got around to starting on the baby quilt for my nephew, who will be born in mid October. There’s nothing like waiting for the last minute. The theme for his room is going to be Monster’s Inc., so as a starting place for this quilt, I took a trip to Baby’s R’ Us…
Read MorePuff the Fabric Dragon Mini Quilt
Puff the fabric dragon lived by the seam And frolicked in the stash box in a land called quilting bee Little Template Paper loved that rascal Puff And brought him lace and tiny beads and other fancy stuff Now that I have destroyed a perfectly lovely children’s song for you, I’m happy to present to…
Read MoreWIP Wednesday
My husband and I just moved into our very own home, and with that has come the moving of my sewing space from one house to another. My sewing space will still be located in the basement at the new house, which is a good thing, considering how messy my sewing space tends to be.…
Read MoreJefferson Starship Mini Quilt
I finished up the first of the Focus Through the Prism challenges today. The block to incorporate this month was the Friendship Star. My version of the quilt, “Jefferson Starship,” features a patchwork design, with multiple friendship stars in different sizes, and a hand embroidered alien. The fabrics used in this quilt are Cherrywood Fabric…
Read MoreWIP Wednesday
Progress in the last week has been mostly made by others. I got a quilt back from the quilter yesterday. It still needs trimmed and bound, but the quilt came out beautifully. I’m also working on adding sleeves to the back of several quilts for the local quilt show on Saturday, June 6th. Sharing over…
Read MoreSchrodinger’s Cat Mini Quilt
I finished up the first of the Focus Through the Prism challenges today. The block to incorporate this month was the Churn Dash, sometimes called the Monkey Wrench. My version of the quilt, “Schrodinger’s Cat,” features an offset block inside block design, with embroidered kitten, and hand quilting. Fabrics used in this quilt are Cherrywood…
Read More#OurProject52 – Out of Focus
Do you ever feel out of focus? That’s how I’ve been feeling lately, and I know it’s been seeping into the blog. I can’t remember the last time I had a finished sewing project to share with you. Ok, I can remember when it was, but let’s just say it was a while ago. Instead…
Read MoreWIP & Pranks
Happy April 1st! I hear that I’m supposed to be tricking you all, but I don’t think that will actually be happening. As a child, I never liked being the target of April Fools Day pranks- probably because I got picked on enough the rest of the year. Fortunately, As I’ve grown up, I’ve found…
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