Not too long ago, I happened across a page showing knitted projects that illustrated math concepts. One of the knits looked like it could easily be made into a quilt using half-square triangles, though at this moment I can’t find that exact project on the site. Since I happened to […]
Quilting
I really like to machine quilt. I used to hand quilt, but my hands just aren’t up for that any longer, so it’s a very good thing that I think that most machine quilting is such fun. I’ve tried several different feet suitable for using rulers on a domestic machine, beginning […]
Last Friday I attended a lecture at my local Bernina dealer, this one dealing with making and personalizing the popular pop-up canisters. I couldn’t stay to actually make one, but on Sunday I did make one. The presentation on Friday gave each attendee a free motif to use on one of these […]
This time, my latest Christmas quilt is almost finished! I’ve completed the quilting, applied the piping and binding, made and attached a label and hanging sleeve. So what’s left? I’m seriously considering adding some crystals for some extra sparkle, which is something I’ve never done before. That step will have to wait, though, […]
My granddaughter started working on a jellyroll quilt at the beginning of the summer after we’d given her the jellyroll and backing/binding fabric for her birthday in May. As soon as the rush of end-of-school activities was over, she came over to my house to sew, but a long list of scheduling conflicts […]
A couple of months ago I posted some embroidered Christmas tree blocks I was making. I’ve made a little progress since then, but it’s been slow. I’d love to blame that on the vacation we took or the work involved in getting new tile laid in the house, but in […]