I’m talking about the picture here. 😉 My “design wall” isn’t long enough to hang these rows the right direction, so they’re sideways. As I add more rows, I won’t be able to hang this at all; the quilt top will be too big in every direction, even though it […]
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Okay, I exaggerated, but it certainly does seem at times as though it’s that many! I’m making a new quilt, and one of the steps is to make 140 little 9-patch blocks that measure 3.5″ unfinished — and that’s for the throw sized version of this pattern. As you may […]
I’ve been taking a long time to get going on the quilting on my current small quilt. I did actually start, but then I didn’t like what I’d done, so I “unquilted” it and started over with the “pondering” phase. However, I’m coming down the home stretch now, and I […]
… and thousands of stitches! That’s what is included on my new Bernina 790Pro machine. I like to have a visual of what a stitch looks like, so for this machine (as for my previous one), I’ve made a stitch book, following directions on the WeAllSew site. Yes, it takes […]
I’ve been on a roll making bags lately, but I think this may be the last one for at least a little while. Who knows? I saw that someone online had resized a Project Bag to make it into storage for embroidery machine hoops. What a great idea — especially […]
I’ve completed my three planned Dresden Plates and attached them to the quilt sandwich. In Susan Cleveland’s technique, they are attached to the entire quilt sandwich at this point, rather than just to the quilt top. Now I’m beginning the quilting! So far, I’m not quite sure what I’m going […]