With this month’s challenge I used the FUNKY FLOWER die A die I’ve had for a long time (I think it was one of the first ones I ever bought) Then I found a sewing pattern Simplicity 4927 I cut out the pattern pieces roughly and ironed on low heat, then used Swedish tracing paper …
Today’s tutorial is using EQ Stitch! I’ve always loved Sunbonnet Sue, but never made a quilt with her nor do I have the GO! die- one day I want to make one! In the block library I searched for Sunbonnet and this is what came up For stitching you want a block that’s appliquéd so …
WE got more snow last week and the kids were out of school from Tuesday-Friday the 2nd week in a row! Predictions said 8-12” but we got 4” It was good to sled in and build snowmen in! Meanwhile I did some cutting with my 3” finished HST GO! die for the last round …
Have a look at more Accuquilt GO! BIG blog hop fun today Monday Feb. 23rd: Bea Lee – http://www.beaquilter.com/ GO! Big Snails Trail – 12” Finished Tuesday Feb. 24th – Haley Pierson Cox – The Zen of Making – http://www.thezenofmaking.com/ GO! Big Circle – 4”, 6”, 7”, 8” Wednesday Feb. 25th – Lee Monroe – …
Here’s a quick review of completed items in February A few felt pincushions Several dolls a GO BIG sewing bag and leftover tumbler mini quilt Embroidered eyeglass cases bubblegum daydream quilt and some cake making 🙂 Have a look at more Accuquilt GO! BIG blog hop fun today Monday Feb. 23rd: Bea …
I finally finished the bubblegum daydream quilt! (took about 3yrs) I quilted curves on the blocks of the main part of the quilt, the did my bubbles on the inner border ( I often do those) Then a tight filler, sort of McTavishing (why is that named after her? I mean it’s just doodling) anyways, …
Do you know designsbysick.com ? Each day when I start my computer I have their website as a new tab on my mozilla firefox. They have an hourly page where every hour there’s a new design to download for free! each hour on the half hour it updates with a new design. They also have …
Finally the kids are back in school in NC here, last week they closed school early at 1pm on Monday because of snow coming that afternoon (didn’t get here until evening though) and then the rest of the week school was out, either because of snow or the freezing cold/black ice. These are pics from …
I was SEW excited when I got the email from accuquilt to be a part of this blog hop and get the GO! BIG!! I mean, how cool is THAT!!??? So soon after that THIS huge box showed up at my front door The GO! big IS big! I cleared some counter space for it …
I’ve had SEW much fun with my new GO! BIG!! So I was on a “mission” to empty out my BLUE scrap bin. (and DID succeed! –for a week at least, now there’s scraps in there again) I used the 6” QST die Since I had cut out the 1100 HST triangles, whatever was left …