Yesterday I finished the hand work I was doing the other day when I posted. 🙂 Remember these blocks, begun during a visit from my quilting buddy? The quilt is now finished, though it ended up being too wide (23″ x 37″) for the wall I’d hoped to hang it on. […]
Gosh, I hadn’t realized how much time had slipped by since my last post! I’ve had a few distractions to keep me busy, though, the most important of which was getting ready for my husband’s surgery to mend his torn meniscus. Ouch! But he’s doing well at this point, thank […]
My seven-year-old granddaughter wanted to make a cushion for her bed, so she spent today with me. She’d already picked out the colors she wanted, and I pulled fabrics from my stash and cut them from the layout I’d done in EQ7 (for the Mac!) so we’d be sure to […]
My quilting buddy from Phoenix has been spending a few days here with me, and we had a project in mind to keep us busy and out of trouble. 😉 We used our embroidery modules to appliqué some adorable puppies from this pattern. They’re so cute that we’ve been oohing and […]
A young couple we know has just had a first baby, an adorable little boy. 🙂 I needed to whip up a quick baby gift, and Craftsy published this cute pattern for a bib. It was quite easy to make, though I did make one modification: I put a layer […]
I’ve been reading Amy’s Free Motion Adventures for a while now. She has some wonderful tutorials for free motion quilting, but she also has a wonderful foot for her sewing machine. It’s just like the ones you see on long arm machines, but it fits her domestic machine and makes […]