Quilting

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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 […]

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

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 […]