Our guild here has an annual challenge for members. This time we were given two pieces of fabric: one was a black/white cotton print, and the other was a silver/black sheer dotted fabric. Ugh. I took one look at that second piece and decided not to enter the challenge this […]
Quilting
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Today I went to the monthly meeting of the quilt group I belong to. Our usual routine is to have a business meeting (never long, of course!), followed by one of our group showing us how to do a project or technique. Today’s project was a very cute little fabric […]
Outer bag This is a pattern I’ve been meaning to make for some time, but I kept procrastinating. Then my LQS advertised a class to make the very same bag, so I signed up in order to force myself to make it. LOL! The class lasted six hours, and it’s […]
Not too long ago, I showed you some fabrics that are to be in my next quilt. Yesterday I began making the blocks and continued today. I’m pretty happy with the way they’re turning out, though there’s one at the lower left in the photo that looks pretty wonky. However, […]
What do you think of these fabrics? I love them! I bought them about a year ago to make a pattern I’d had in mind, but — as so often happens — I was sidetracked with other projects. Now, though, I’m going to prewash these and get busy cutting them […]
I liked yesterday’s Ditty Bag enough that I decided to make a second one. This one is from a Hoffman Challenge print (2002, I think!) and a companion print inside. I trimmed it in purple and did all of the top stitching in yellow.