When I was at our local guild’s retreat last summer a cute little pattern, Mini Moons, caught my eye. It reminded me of a class I’d taken years ago from Sharon Schamber, who is the most amazing quilter and who came up with a technique called Pieceliqué — kind of […]
When I was in Houston this year, there was a stand selling all sorts of things to embroider, including plush golf towels. When I noticed that there were purple towels, I had to buy one for my husband. Today I added a little motif and his monogram. What made the […]
I recently stitched up this cute set that I’ll be gifting in the coming holiday season. The designs came from Embroidery Library. My Bernina made short work of that! The flap of the scissor case is actually freestanding lace and is hand stitched onto the top of the case. The […]
The title of this post is actually the title of a class (and project) developed by Susan Cleveland; our guild brought her here last week for a lecture, a trunk show, and a couple of classes. One of the classes was to learn her Dresden Plate technique, which I’ve used […]
A while back I made a cute little Stash and Dash bag to use with my smaller “travel” Bernina sewing machine. One of my friends admired it, and so I decided to make one for her and another for another friend who has been very helpful to me. My lovely […]
When we first moved here in 1999, we brought with us — of course! — our then five-year-old dog, Dexter. He was really a sweetheart; he loved everyone, but he always made sure that he was “on duty” whenever workmen were around for the inevitable final touches a new home […]