Category Archives: Quilting
Country Quilting
This week was rather crazy. Home on Monday, but Tuesday brought a funeral and used car shopping. Wednesday was a hair cut and more used car shopping. I was home again all day on Thursday, but today was my husband’s … Continue reading
Marking a quilt top for quilting by hand
Two months ago I finished setting this quilt top together. Biggest project I have ever tried! Since then, I have been piddling around at getting the top mark so it can be quilted. Marking is not my favorite activities. Part … Continue reading
Pink baby lovie with green frogs
I made this baby lovie some time ago, but just recently someone ask me to share the instructions for making one. For reference, this is the front, and this is the back, although both side are finished. General instructions: All … Continue reading
Baby Julia
We went to a birthday party on Saturday for our youngest grandson. I didn’t get any good pictures of Luke, but I did get of couple of our great-granddaughter Julia. This one isn’t the best of Julia, but it is … Continue reading
Table runners, coasters, mug rugs, and wallets
I have worked on and completed a variety of projects this week. The first thing I finished was this mug rug. Mug rugs are a great way to use up small scraps of fabric. And you don’t need a pattern! … Continue reading
Valentine’s Day mug rug
Mug rugs are one of my favorite ways to use small scraps of fabric. Rather than save them for a big project, I like to use them right away. Here’s the latest one. I want to try this same technique … Continue reading
Quilted glasses cases
I recently purchased a bag pattern that included directions for making a glasses case. I actually did make one according to the directions, but then I started adding my own ideas. Here are the two latest examples. Both are listed … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
In my last post, I had made a denim pencil case that was rather flat. After some thinking about the design, I figured out how to make a case that was rather square. I liked it so much better that … Continue reading
Denim pencil case
I’ve made a series of quilted fabric pencil cases to using small pieces of fabric. This one isn’t quilted because the denim fabric is heavy enough on it’s own. All of the other pencils cases were flat, but I thought … Continue reading
Whole cloth quilted table runner
Whole cloth is a style of quilting that takes a big (whole) piece of fabric and instead of cutting it into pieces, the quilting is stitched on the fabric as one design. It is most often done by hand with … Continue reading
