Quilting

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The whole flock

I had intended to make a single block of this design each month as a take-along project for sewing days sponsored by our local guild. However, once I had all of the blocks done — many of them done at home when I simply couldn’t resist working on. them — […]

Machine embroidered block of a house on a green lawn. House is blue with dark blue roof and red door. There is a giant red/blue teacup on the roof with flowers growing inside.

More BOM progress

I’m making more progress on the various blocks-of-the-month (BOMs) that I’m suddenly involved in. How did I get wrapped up in three all at once? The most recent one is the birds from Wonderfil’s BOM last year. We had another sewing day sponsored by the local guild, and I worked […]

Paper-pieced quilt block showing a yellow and orange canary standing on a brown branch with green leaf against a blue background.

Yet another project

Yes, I know — I have two block-of-the-month projects going, but I needed something to work on at our guild’s (sort of) monthly sewing days. One of the BOM projects is too quick for an all-day session, and the other requires my embroidery module; there’s not enough room for that […]

Zippered bag in purple/pink floral fabric with black zipper. Quilted feathers are all over the bag.

Another bag

I am absolutely crazy about this bag pattern. I’m not sure why, exactly, but it really is nice that it opens up into a flat “tray” for handy access. That’s really nice when I need to just toss some things to the side for easy use later. This is the […]