Monthly Archives: September 2015

7 posts

Road Trip!

Last summer, the San Francisco Stitch Company posted weekly machine embroidery blocks. I downloaded each one and made it, thinking that the blocks would be good practice for me. Who knew the blocks would also be so cute? 🙂 I had to put the finished top aside for a time while […]

Finally!

I’ve had four of my five grandchildren over to work on quilty projects at one time or another, but the youngest boy somehow never made it. There were several reasons, but they’re not important now, since he and I finally found a mutually agreeable time this past Sunday! Yay! Most […]

Shhh …

One of the projects I’ve wanted to get done had to be complete before the holiday season sneaks up on me. 😉 Every year we give our grandchildren a new Christmas ornament; it’s a “tradition” I began with our daughters when they were young. This year I came across patterns for some […]

Four for the show

Okay, I can’t take a photo of the entire ‘Tis the Season quilt top, but I took four photos of the four different “quarters” of it. Here they are, and you’ll just have to imagine how they actually look as a whole piece ;).  Did I mention that there are just […]

Finished — and a little frustrated

Two days ago I finished the embroidery on ‘Tis the Season. So why am I frustrated? Because I don’t have any way to take a photo of the completed top! LOL! My house is fairly small, and without a hanging sleeve on a finished quilt, I simply have nowhere to lay […]

Turning a corner

I’ve had lots of interruptions lately, but I’m still plugging away at my ‘Tis the Season quilt (see my previous post and the one before that). I’ve finished embroidering the borders and adding them to the center; unfortunately, I don’t have a large enough space to put it up to […]