I got my quilt back from McCall’s on Friday. It’s featured in McCall’s quick quilts August/September here It’s called RETRO TULIPS I made it using Riley Blake fabrics called Serenata here They are GORGEOUS!! I love the main peacock fabric. Here’s a link to an article about it I used EQ7 to design it and …
I made another tissue holder in left over fabrics from my daughter’s dresses. I LOVE this pattern!! Sonja was taking Bass playing lessons from daddy the other day! and Sonja was teaching big sister how to play with the fabric scraps! Here’s this week’s Women of the bible BOW THE SHULAMMITE woman. A tricky block …
I just put my underwater pattern for sale on craftsy here I’m offering this pattern in 3 sizes!! 44” x 44” (baby size) 60” x 60” (wall hanging) and 72” x 92” (double/twin bed) I had this tested by several people and I LOVE how they all turned out and I got valuable feedback!! One …
I finished the binding on the scrappy trip around the world quilt over the weekend- all scrappy binding too! Of course Sonja had to do her inspection as usual! I also did a scrappy backing- I tried to pick my “ugly” fabrics that were maybe an OOPS buy….. good, they are GONE! The quilt looks …
I got this song bird quilt back from Quilt it today/ Sew it today. I was happily surprised it was in Sew it today…. The quilt is made from simple four patches and then a hummingbird block that’s foundation pieced. I used some cute “homefront” fabrics from connecting threads Blocks are done and ready and …
I know I’m a little late in picking a winner for a signed copy of the McCall’s magazine I had a quilt featured in. There were 71 comments on my post about it and mr random picked 2 numbers (since I have 2 issues to give away) the first one is #65 I emailed Joanna …
This week’s Women of the bible BOW was Proverbs 31 woman Yeah right…. I’m not like her… But I CAN relate to this Pro 31:22”She makes coverings for her bed” If you are a quilter- you can too!! and it was only the last mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter where I used the quilt for …
I know I’m a day late on picking the winner for the Rolie Polie from Riley Blake from this post There were 58 comments and mr. random picked #21 which was catskill quilter. I sent her an email asking for her mailing address for Riley Blake Congrats!!
I’ve been catching up on the Ahhhh’s Reminder that the Ahhhh’s (Artistic, Hexotic, Hectic, Hillbilly Hexagons) are sold here This is # 26 #27 #28 I’ve glue basted all these and they sure get sewn together much faster! #29 Look at the pile I have already!! I got the last round of MMRR Here’s Sonja …
I just LOVE kaleidoscope blocks! Do you?? You can make some cool layouts and quilts with kaleidoscope blocks! First search for “Kaleidoscope” by notecard, under BLOCKS library You’ll see these Add one to sketchbook Now WORK on block and find the block in the sketchbook and double click to work on the block Leave the …
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