I finished another Women of the bible block in this new round. This time I’m trying to stick to the colors recommended in the study. This is Sarah, the colors are yellows and brown to represent the sand in the desert. I foundation pieced this block and in batiks, it’s just really flat and nice! …
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Look who’s peeking out! I found this ADORABLE embroidery file at embroidershoppe.com here and they are on SALE now!! -there’s a boy and a girl as a set. It took me a while to make it, as I needed to buy organza, but 1/4yd was plenty, then you also need skin colored fabric and …
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 …
I’m SUPER excited to be part of this blog hop. Island batiks has a giveaway here!! You can win 2 fabric bundles. a Rafflecopter giveaway I got to use some LOVELY batiks from Island Batiks and I used my GO! cutter, since it’s the 15th, I’m combining it with my GO Challenge I got a …
Since I often pre schedule my posts and I am just showing a few projects and blocks that are done. First, this is the Women of the bible block ESTHER! since my blocks are 3” finished I had to remove some lines on this one and simplify the block, apart from the center, I think …
Look, the jar of crushed walnut shells getting low! guess what that means? I’ve been making more pincushions! I thought I would make some for the craft show, though pin cushions are very specific to sewers and quilters, but you never know! but then the hard part is pricing them….. hmm Designs by JuJu also …
I’ve been using the Embroidery machine a lot lately! I remembered I had this snowflake file on the computer and decided to make a few. first I hooped 2 layers of WSS (water soluble stabilizer) but it would fall apart a little like this, though it didn’t damage it, just not very SAFE. the last …
I got accepted in the Chatham Market craft show on Oct 25th. (there will be 3 quilters though- so I don’t think I’ll bring that many quilts but more SMALL stuff) So I bought this owl stuffie at Dolls and daydreams This is the 5 x 7 hoop version Love the face! and another 5 …
I can’t believe we’re in October already!! I know this post is a few days late- oh well Here’s what I completed this month (or completed quilt tops) First thing completed is this table runner, which I also turned into a pattern that I’m still working on. then the last of the kitschy BOMs and …
When I was at my quilt guild meeting recently, they were taking about giving more quilts and also working with orphan blocks. I suggested to do a Round Robin and one lady gave me this heart block to work with. I added some FPPed hearts and a plain white border. I also found one of …