Last summer, the San Francisco Stitch Company posted weekly machine embroidery blocks. I downloaded each one and made it, thinking that the blocks would be good practice for me. Who knew the blocks would also be so cute? 🙂 I had to put the finished top aside for a time while […]
Free motion quilting
Several years ago my husband and I took our first cruise, going to several islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Just over a year ago, I took another cruise to the same area, this time a quilting cruise with several friends. During that cruise I bought three small pieces of fabric […]
As I was working on the project I last showed you, it suddenly occurred to me that it would work very well in my granddaughter’s bedroom! Even better, her birthday is coming up this Friday, so I now had a deadline to work towards — and I made it. 🙂 Of course, […]
I’ve had a difficult time getting going on a new project, but a couple of days ago I ran across a kit for a very small dresser scarf; I’d hidden it away a few years ago for future use. IÂ decided that the mindless piecing involved would be a good way […]
I’m almost finished with the quilting on my quail project! There will be a slight delay, though, while my Bernina 780 has a bit of an adjustment. I don’t want to switch to my 630, as I’m afraid the quilting will be noticeably different at this late stage. Luckily for me, the […]
That’s the name of my latest finished quilt! It came from a pattern by Elisa’s Backporch, and it’s yet another Drunkard’s Path layout. I began this ages ago, finished the top, and then let it languish while I decided how I wanted to quilt it. […]