Monthly Archives: January 2012
Reblogged from Learn How to Quilt: I really like the way this looks, but I’m not sure I’m ready to try it. Perhaps on something small!
Glasses case for Etsy
I’m still working on the baby quilt, but I had to take a break last night and make a glasses case. I felt the need to do something with denim again. Here’s how it turned out. The denim is from … Continue reading
Spring treasury on Etsy
My Garden Trellis table runner is featured in this treasury on Etsy. How cool is that! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/MTUyMzc0Mzd8MTk4ODc2ODg4MQ/time-to-spring-forward?index=2 I’m still working on the baby quilt. I took time to make a glasses case tonight. I needed a break. I have three … Continue reading
How to: Binding your quilt
I have read lots of directions for quilt binding, but this blog is the easiest one to follow that I have seen. http://blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com/?p=1444 When I do rag quilting, I don’t have to worry about binding, but with traditional quilting I … Continue reading
Football pillow and other stuff
We are invited to a birthday party for our youngest grandson tomorrow. He turned 3 on Thursday. Continuing with my plan for handmade birthday presents this year, I made this football pillow for him. I accidentally found the pattern on … Continue reading
New Valentine’s Day table runner
Here’s a picture of the table runner that I’ve been working on this week. The background “fabric” is lots of little strips of lots of different fabrics that I stitched together. Then I stitched them to a strip of backing … Continue reading
Pic of the Day - 1/24/12
Reblogged from Check Your Premises: I wants one. This is adorable!
Rainy day in the country
Another damp, cloudy, rainy day in the country. At least it wasn’t freezing cold. Rained most of the afternoon, but not enough to add any water to the lake. We don’t need any storms, but we do need rain. I … Continue reading
Another Valentine’s Day table runner
I’m still working on table runners for Valentine’s Day, but I’m getting close to using all the fabric I have. Today I finished up a runner using most of my appropriate red fabrics. Here you can see what I decided … Continue reading
Another cold day in the country
Ended up spending most of the day today running around, but that’s okay. After almost 3 days away from my sewing machine, I was ready to hit the ground running tonight. We got home from hubby’s doctor appointment in the … Continue reading
