I’ve finished my latest paper-piecing project! I love this bird, but I absolutely hated how it was made. Don’t get me wrong, though; the fabrics and colors are amazing, and I do enjoy paper piecing. However, this is a new-to-me kind of paper piecing, and I didn’t enjoy it at all. […]
Yearly Archives: 2026
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I’ve had a Bernina 790Pro for some time — about three years now — and thought it would be a permanent fixture in my sewing room. That is, that’s what I thought until about a month or so ago. As I usually do, I took my Pro to my local […]
Well, that was fast! After I wrote a few hours ago that I was trying to figure out how to get a photo of the Exploding Heart quilt I’d recently made, it hit me that someone at my local quilt shop might be able to help! Sure enough, one of […]
Last fall I went to the Houston Quilt Festival and saw a new-to-me paper piecing company called LegitKits. They had show-special prices, and I was lucky enough to win a further discount, so I bought one of their kits, called Little Hummer. The pattern comes with all of the necessary […]
After a rather long hiatus, I’m back to working on my Exploding Star quilt. 🙂 I’d sandwiched and pinned it some time ago, but then I ran into complications (including a great vacation trip, followed by a nasty cold), but now I’m back at it. My sewing room is also […]
I’ve been seeing lots of trinket trays (usually in leather or imitation leather) lately, and I really wanted to make one to help keep clutter organized in my sewing area. The problem is that I didn’t like the idea of the wrong side of the embroidery used to embellish them […]