Fat Quarter Pop-up

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 […]

Can’t see the forest — again!

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, […]

Finished cardigan

I’ve been concentrating on finishing the cardigan I’ve been working on, as I want to be able to get a lot of use out of it this fall and winter. I put the last stitches in last night, and I’m very happy with the result. 🙂 Because it’s a Custom Fit […]

Blocking

I’ve been working on knitting a new cardigan for the past few months; like my in-progress quilt, it’s been a little at a time. Anyway, I finally finished all five pieces and blocked them this morning, ready to stitch together. Once that joining is done, I’ll still have to add […]

Hard at work

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 […]

Slow progress

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 […]