2025 – Quilting and more …

View of a sewing machine and green/white quilt. The quilt is fairly large and is spread out on the sewing cabinet, taking up every inch. The quilt is vaguely floral in theme.

Time flies!

I can hardly believe that it’s been a month since I last posted! Obviously, I’ve been busy, but that’s really a terrible excuse. I now have the patterns for the last parts of the “coffee” BOM from Wonderfil, but I haven’t yet been able to make them — I’m hoping […]

Detail shot of small bag in lavender, green, and teal floral print. There is a small embroidered bumblebee appliquéd over a seam.

Oops …

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You may (or may not!) recall this post, where I’d made a bag to take to places (like quilt shows) where I didn’t need a larger bag. I took it to the Houston Quilt Festival last month and promptly caught it on a door jam, ripping a small section. The […]

In-progress quilt with a coffee theme. The lower-right block is a cookie jar with several cookies stacked inside.

Block #10!

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I’m still working on the BOM from Wonderfil, and the most recent block was released at the beginning of this month. This time it was several cookies in a cookie jar — a perfect accompaniment to the coffee theme of the BOM! There are just two more blocks to go. […]

Quilt top with colorful stars set on a white background with purple/blue sashing and borders.

Developments

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Our local guild is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and our guest speaking on Saturday will be Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. As it happens, it was from her blog that the circle I attend chose this year’s BOM as a group project, so we’ve been asked to […]

Part of a quilt showing a kitchen theme. Background is blue with a grey arch behind. Top shelf has a plant, a pair of canisters, a hanging lamp, and a sign ("Coffee"). The second shelf has a French press coffeepot, a jar with three spoons, and a kettle. The incomplete third shelf has three hanging cups, the top of what looks to be a coffee maker, a travel mug, and a take-out coffee cup.

Exhausted!

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Just before leaving for my trip to the Houston Quilt Festival, I did the most recent installment of the BOM from Wonderfil. Now the third row is complete, and there is only one more row — two or three blocks — to go! I’m guessing that one of those will […]

Front of fabric case. Fabric is a combination purple and teal diamond shapes with a solid purple band across the middle.

iPad case

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I’m going to be taking my iPad in its keyboard case to a class in October, and I thought it might be a good idea to have a padded bag to hold it and keep it safe from possible harm. I had to make a tiny adaptation to the pattern […]