Yesterday I think I beat my record! I had a friend come over and showed her how to long arm quilt, told her to get some yardage to just practice on before we started a baby quilt for her. So she practiced first. then we loaded her baby quilt and I ended up quilting it …
I HAVE been quilting! just very slowly! The kids had their last day of school last friday, so we’re all trying to get used to the new schedule. It’s taken me 3 days to quilt the wonky house quilt, because I try to pick a time when the kids are playing or watching TV, but …
I’m still here!! the kids are done with school, so I’m working slow now over the summer. (I do have my wonky house quilt on the frame though and have started quilting it) I wanted to write about my long arm machine and why I love it so much!! My machine is a Voyager 17 …
I’ve had two great days home to sew and quilt! are you surprised?? LOL I got fabrics in the mail for another round of the wonky block swap, the pattern was this funky star! it went together rather quickly and especially since it’s just one! so it’s on it’s way back again. Today I finished …
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I actually finished the “stitch star” quilt but can’t show you 🙁 I didn’t realize that digital emailed pictures are not accepted, they want 8 x 10 pictures mailed it, so I had to order those really quick at costco.com and my husband will pick them up! I will show you these fun layouts from …
Who would like to join a pin cushion swap? I’ve had this idea for a while. I seem to have started a pin cushion collection, mostly all I’ve won! so I figured a pin cushion swap would be fun. What do you think? Here’s my idea. How ever many sign up, we’ll make one pin …
We’re busy here with recital stuff. but I realized I forgot to make a MAY collage in picasa. so here it is Top left, lil’ twister owl pot holders for craft show asian red, white and black quilt all done and bound. wonky houses quilt top my wonky house block wonky circles block bubblegum -main …
I finished a customer quilt today. It was a gorgeous stained glass quilt. doesn’t it look awesome? I quilted it in a teal thread and did a swirly design, sort of matching the fabrics and what she said too, that’s what stained glass looks like when you look at it really closely. Then after lunch …
Not really THAT much interesting stuff to show. I told you I was working on the blue star quilt as a leader and ender, then once I got it all set up and ready and looked at the blocks, I realized I was actually close to getting the top done, so I kept working on …
Yesterday I was looking at my bins of ongoing projects and I realized I had a bin full of scraps from the wonky house block swap and these were scraps that were sent back to me from the participants. So I decided to cut them all up and use for a scrappy backing, then I …