Piecing

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A biscornu pin cushion

I don’t know why I’m so intrigued by the biscornu construction, and I also don’t know why I like pin cushions so much. At the moment, I have at least nine pin cushions, and that’s not counting the ones I’ve made and given away!   At any rate, my local […]

Pausing at the borders

As planned, I’ve finished adding the borders to La Vie Est Belle, and I’m taking a bit of a break to get some other things accomplished before beginning the quilting. That will give me time to think about how I want to quilt it — deciding that always takes me […]

Heading for the border(s)

Whew! The major part of the piecing on this quilt is now done! The next part will be to add the borders, of course, and then I may put the top away temporarily and do something else for some variety before beginning the quilting. Naturally, given my “waffly” mind, the […]

Ready for the next step

Believe it or not, I’m still working on La Vie Est Belle, though the lack of posts lately may not have made that very obvious. 😉 At any rate, I now have all of the major blocks put together as squares, each one a combination of a star center and […]

What a mess!

I’m still working on La Vie Est Belle (see my first post about this here), and my sewing cabinet has become more and more crowded as I progress. There really is progress, but it’s difficult to see at this point. Beginning from the left of the photo, my various fabrics, […]