I haven’t made a lot of noticeable progress on anything lately, but I do have a couple of projects going. The first is the quilting on my basket quilt. The lines of thread you can see in the photo are just the basting, which I’m clipping as I cross it […]
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The pattern I’ve been working on has three parts to it, and I’ve just finished the last of the three, a heart-shaped pin cushion that will be donated to a project for our quilt circle. I like this one a lot and am thinking about making it again, but adapting […]
Just over a week ago, I showed you a scissors case I made from wool. Now I’ve finished a matching pin cushion to go with it. It’s rather a large pin cushion, so there will be room for lots of pins, and I’m hoping it will get good use when […]
About six months ago, I posted this project. I enjoyed it so much that I decided to do more — especially after I found about a zillion really adorable ideas at Bird Brain Designs. 🙂 I chose this one on the left, called Americana. I’ve just finished making the scissors […]
I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. 🙂 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first […]
Last spring I posted a little tutorial on how to make some signature blocks. Our quilt circle had its exchange, and I tucked my share of those signed blocks away for a time. Fast forward to last week, when our circle had another exchange, this time of half-square triangle blocks. […]