Just over a week ago, I showed you a scissors case I made from wool. Now I’ve finished a matching pin cushion to go with it. It’s rather a large pin cushion, so there will be room for lots of pins, and I’m hoping it will get good use when […]
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About six months ago, I posted this project. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to do more — especially after I found about a zillion really adorable ideas at Bird Brain Designs. 🙂 I chose this one on the left, called Americana. I’ve just finished making the scissors […]
I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. 🙂 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first […]
We had guests this morning — completely unexpected ones. Actually, they visited our next-door neighbors first, but then they decided to head our way. Can you see them? It’s a family of quail, complete with a baby or two. There were several more that disappeared before I could grab my […]
Last spring I posted a little tutorial on how to make some signature blocks. Our quilt circle had its exchange, and I tucked my share of those signed blocks away for a time. Fast forward to last week, when our circle had another exchange, this time of half-square triangle blocks. […]
I’ve been AWOL for a time, but I have a good excuse. 😉 My twin sister and her husband were visiting us from France! We’ve had such a good time, but of course blogging went by the wayside. They’ve left now, though, and it just so happens that my local […]