January 2024 – Quilting and more …

A range of colorful batik fabrics, ranging from pink to blue to purple and green. There is also some very pale blue for backgrounds.

Sew Speedy

Some time ago, I saw an adorable pattern by Whole Circle Studio and have admired it ever since. However, a couple of weeks ago I was planning to attend an upcoming sewing day at “my” LQS, the day sponsored by our local guild, and I didn’t really have anything in […]

Small bag in lavender cork fabric and with a long strap.

Payday bag

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I’ve made quite a few bags from patterns at Annie Unrein’s site, and this is my latest. The strap adjusts to make the bag go from shoulder bag to cross-body bag to fanny pack — very useful! The pattern was introduced at the Houston quilt show, where I made sure […]

Split circles (red/white) are set into off-white and black background, the resulting blocks forming an on-point black square surrounded by large off-white triangles. Fabric is poppies and Paris-themed.

The curves are done!

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I put the finishing touches on a quilt I’d been working on — or on and off! — for a couple of months. Of course, the holidays were in there, so I’ll blame the slow progress on that. 😉 This was something I made to practice a technique (Pieceliqué) I’d […]