Yearly Archives: 2015

61 posts

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 […]

Center done!

I’ve had some other calls on my time this past week, but today I trimmed up all of the rest of the blocks and sashing strips that I’d made for the embroidered quilt I started in class last week. Then I got them all put together into a 40.5″ square. […]

‘Tis the Season

I’ve just returned from a wonderful class at the Bernina Connection in Phoenix. 🙂 My quilt buddy, Phyl, invited me to stay with her, and we always have a great time together! The class was taught by Claudia Dinnell, who does wonderful digitized embroidery patterns. The pattern we did is […]