Tag 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
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
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
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
Making a rag quilted table runner
I made this table runner in October of 2011, but this picture has suddenly resurfaced and created quite a bit of interest. It is/was very striking, using fabrics from Moda’s Countdown to Christmas charm packs. There are lots of tutorials … Continue reading
What’s new at Country By Design
Wow! I didn’t fall off the edge of the world, but it was pretty close! I was having so many issues with my computer that I just about gave up. Finally got some more RAM for my hard drive and … Continue reading
Table Runner and pot holders
I’ve been trying to use all of the squares from a set of Java charm packs that I ordered from charmpacksplus. Jeanelle is so helpful that I order all of my charm packs from her unless she is already … Continue reading
Moda wall hanging
Just a few notes about how I made this wall hanging. Each large set of squares is made from four 5 inch squares. I used Moda charm packs, but you could cut your own. All of the fabrics were … Continue reading
