A lady at church walked up to me last Sunday and gave me a belated birthday gift and I didn’t open it until I got home. It was a pincushion!! – she knows me well Can’t figure out how she managed to do this braid, I see tiny hidden stitches, but that takes quite some …
It was good to do a day of sewing yesterday, even though I had to get Bjorn from school because he didn’t feel good- sore throat (I had that a few days ago, so not surprised) Tuesday afternoon we had friends visit who live in S.FL they do trade shows all over the eastern states …
I finished another RSC block a red Monkey wrench / snail trail block here’s 9 of them together, funny how the pink and turquoise is all melting together and the rest have a nicer contrast, not sure if I’ll add sashing or not on the finished quilt, I’ll decide later. I also finished appliqueing the …
I finished a few more Women of the bible blocks This time around, as you may know, I’m using up Island Batik scraps! This is Michal (open window) Then Abigail (a breadbasket) Then Woman of Endor, (wheel of fortune) Meanwhile I’ve made MORE grey blocks, here’s the triangle in a star blocks I thought I …
While working on different projects I finally finished the teal log cabin RSC16 blocks I also decided to cut into the plaid FQ bundle I just got from Generation Q to make at test bib for Anja I had traced a bib already onto paper and cut it out by folding it in half to …
Friday Sonja was invite to the lake for a birthday party, so I made this mouse for the birthday girl with her name embroidered on the belly. The mouse is from Dolls and Daydreams and is an ITH pattern This time I didn’t do felt inside but did cotton and it made the ears kind …
I’ve been working on some different things and in between I’ve been doing more women of the bible blocks! Again I used batiks from Island Batik This one is Rahab (wall of Jericho) This one is Deborah (honey bee) This block is Jael (Anja’s middle name BTW) If you know about Jael in the bible, …
I’ve been working on a few Women of the bible quilt blocks Here’s a palm branch block for Tamar And here’s Joseph’s coat for Pothifar’s wife. I really DID want to make it more about the coat and in bright colors. Love how the block turned out! This is Moses’ mother- a basket block This …
I finished two more Women of the bible blocks. This one is Leah, called double crossed. She was double crossed after being promised in marriage but then her dad tricked the husband into marrying her sister after working 7 yrs, so then he had to work another 7 yrs before getting Leah… I didn’t applique …
In between my blue blocks, I worked on this Women of the bible block- Rachel. I used batiks from Island Batik. I started to incorporate other “neutrals” into the blocks. Here I used the KITE GO die and lots of black with blue kites ( I already cut out all the blacks needed for a …