Our local guild began doing something new at last year’s show. Each person who has a quilt that earned a ribbon is also given a little badge to wear. It’s really nice to look at your friends and immediately know what they’ve won. These are samples of those badges, though […]
Our local quilt show opened today and will be open through Sunday. This year’s show judge was really good to me, as I won three ribbons! Wow! I’m thrilled! Here are my “babies” with their fancy additions: Some time ago I made a Baravelle Spiral quilt from a pattern designed […]
I’ve always liked curved blocks: Drunkard’s Path, New York Beauty, Winding Ways, etc. In fact, I’ve already made two projects from the Drunkard’s Path block, I’ve done some NY Beauties, and I recently finished my Winding Ways quilt (photo coming soon, I hope!). When I saw my sister’s recent work, […]
I liked that first cupcake pin cushion enough that I’ve made a second, slightly different one. I modified the pattern slightly, but I have to say that these cupcakes are pretty easy to make, and they definitely don’t take a huge outlay of cash to do. The only part that […]
As you can see from the photos, I did decide not to do any filler quilting in the corners of this piece. After trying two different fillers and having to pick them out, I just couldn’t bring myself to do a third. If I’d had to pick that one out, […]
During the class I took in Phoenix last month, I drew out the designs for two wholecloth quilts. One of them must be redone, due to slithering problems, but the other (smaller) one is fine, so I began quilting it a few days ago. I quilted all of the main […]