Quilting

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Two paper-pieced blocks of a robin with orange head and white and grey body. Each is sitting on a brown branch with a blue background. One block is larger than the other.

How does this happen?

My “bird project” is supposed to be something I’ll work on during sewing days sponsored by my guild. Somehow, though, I just couldn’t resist making the third in the series at home a few days ago — and it’s a very good thing I did! The designs are paper pieced, […]

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

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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

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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

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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 […]

Close-up of a quarter-section of the quilting. There is a flower in the corner and a suggestion of a Celtic-like design in the center.

Experiment

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Several days ago I saw an email that piqued my interest. Telene Jeffrey, from South Africa, designs absolutely gorgeous wholecloth quilts. I love wholecloth quilts, but it’s been a very long time since I’ve made one. Since she has so many exquisite designs, I decided to start out small by […]

Small hexagonal grey non-quilt (no quilting) with cubes woven into the grey. The cubes are from ombré fabrics in shades of purple, pink and turquoise, giving a dimensional effect.

Two small projects

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I have two little projects to share with you today. First is a small bag I’ve made as a gift; it’s another Drop Zone bag from ByAnnie. I really like this bag, as it opens up completely flat and then zips completely and compactly closed. I added an adorable little […]