Today I added borders to my miniature Storm at Sea. I chose purple for the inner border to give good contrast and teal for the outer border to tie into some of the other colors in the top. Now it measures about 21″ x 24″. The next step, of course, […]
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My sewing/computer room is a smallish bedroom, so by the time I have my computer desk, my sewing table, a rocking chair for handwork, and a few little extras, there’s very little space left over. I posted a few photos in an early blog post. One of the problems I […]
I’m not completely ready for Christmas, but today I took a bit of a break from that hustle and bustle to work on the miniature I now have in progress. While I was in Houston in November, I bought a kit — something I never do — for a Storm […]
Yes, yes, I know I said it was finished. However, while I was in Houston a couple of weeks ago, I found these cute little balls of wool. They’re available in different sizes and in a rainbow of colors, but I bought small white ones for this. I think they […]
In July, 2009, I took a fun class from Rose Hughes on making landscape quilts. I say the class was fun, but the technique was definitely not something I enjoyed, unfortunately. I’m glad I tried it, but I won’t be doing it again, as far as I can tell. 😉 […]
I haven’t been doing much quilting for the past few days, but I know someone who has. 😉 Some of you know that I have a twin sister who began quilting just about five years ago or so. She’s only very recently begun machine quilting, but what a job she’s […]