I’m in Phoenix right now, staying with a good friend and taking a couple of classes at a retreat called Quilting in the Desert. This is my third year doing that, and it’s such fun! It’s put on by the same people who organize Quilt Camp in the Pines each […]
Monthly Archives: January 2010
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Geta makes the most beautiful quilted items, and she’s giving away the pattern for her little quilted pockets,like the one pictured here: Just go to her site and leave a comment for a chance to win! 🙂
A friend of mine shared a recipe for oatmeal cookies, so I took some time off from embellishing today to bake them. Yum!! I think these may be the best I’ve ever had. I don’t know if any will be left after my grandchildren come sample them, so I took […]
I’m making a little progress on this embellishing thing. 😉 I actually thought I was finished with this section, until I realized that the little French knots I’d used in the white section at the top simply don’t show. I’m going to need to do something more there, and I […]
Before I go any further, let me say that I’m definitely not an embellisher. I admire lots of embellished quilts — especially crazy quilts — but I’m not comfortable doing embellishing myself. It’s been a real stretch for me the past two years when our guild challenge has mandated embellishing, […]
Before the holidays, I’d meant to make some very small Christmas stockings to hold little things, but then I got the flu. Oh well. I’ve finished three of them now, with a few left to finish before next Christmas. They’re about 9 3/4″ tall, with the patchwork made of 1″ […]