Yesterday I got these fabrics in the mail from fabric.com ( they had a sale on kona solids and wide backings- PERFECT) they are actually kind of BORING! just black and white and white muslin backing…. but that’s okay 🙂 it’s for my husband, not sure if I’ll finish it by his birthday in …
I came across a blog about a BOOK giveaway. $500 worth of chronicle books hmmm. I’m really not a BIG book reader exept quilting books!! wouldn’t that be awesome?? so here’s my list: Little Bits Quilting Bee: 20 Quilts Using Charm Squares, Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, and Fat Quarters 24.95 1, 2, 3 Sew: Build …
Of course I’ve been quilting! I finished long arm quilting both of these quilts and attached binding on them, just need to hand sew onto the back, the pink one I started last night. I’ve also embroidered labels for both 🙂 My current audio book- very interesting and almost done with it. It’s a series …
Wish Upon a Quilt sent me these pictures of the quilt I quilted for them, now on display at the store! looks great! (I’ve posted about the close up pics on an earlier blog entry here ) This is Janice, the employee at the store who pieced the quilt. Thanks for letting me share these pics. …
Yesterday I joined up with some ladies at DOQ guild at the UNC multicultural fair at the hospital. DOQ had 2 tables set up and I was told by someone else from DOQ I could bring maybe one quilt and my owls/ portfolios and to try and sell the owls/ portfolios etc. So I got …
(NOTE! I’ve reloaded the pictures per request again- sorry about that, I hope I got the pictures in the right order) As promised, I am listing my tutorial/ directions for how to make this modern looking circle in a star quilt! using directional fabrics and having the star points all face the right way up! …
Hey, I just decided to join the Bonnie Hunter Quilt along mystery!! http://quiltville.blogspot.com/ who’s with me!?
Today I’m feeling a little better, not so stuffy, but still sneezing and hacking up half a lung it seems like every 10 min or so. So while my family went to church I stayed home and caught up on some sewing and relaxing 🙂 Last night I decided to go upstairs and sew a …
I think today is just ONE of those days. I’m having a cold/ sore throat, yuck, just want to stay in bed. Hope it’s not strep! ( my kids never really get sick, they just bring home the germs to me and I get sick once or twice a year with strep) Well I do …
Since my house have calmed down a bit after my daughter’s party. I’ve played with EQ7 and designed a block for the RILEY BLAKE FQ bundle I got last week. First I used just a simpler 8 pointed star, but after cutting it out, I had more of the FQ left so I figured a …