I’ve just finished this quilt, called Dresden Neighborhood, but I think it should probably be called “Cursed”! 😉 I’d bought some lovely scraps of Cherrywood fabrics to use for the houses, but the scraps were so small that I didn’t want to wash them and risk ending up with a […]
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During my trip to the Houston Festival in November, I saw a pattern that I thought was just too cute to pass up. Along with the pattern, I also bought a “grab bag” of Cherrywood fabrics — all pieces in different colors and approximately 8″ x 10″ in size — […]
One of the projects I acquired at the recent Houston show was this adorable pin cushion. I found it at a booth called L’atelier d’Isabelle, run by a really nice Frenchwoman who also has wonderful linens fabrics — some of which came home with me, too. 😉 It’s been the […]
I belong to an online community of people who are fans of Apple technology. It’s fun group and, even better, no one ever has a mean word to say to anyone else. In fact, I can’t recall a mean word being said about other brands, either, when someone is comparing […]
One of the things I’m working on while pondering which motifs to use in quilting my latest quilt has been the embroidered nativity set below (click on the photo to enlarge it, as always). I will be getting some tiny lights for it so that it becomes a three-part light […]
This is Enchanted Pumpkin, designed by Claudia Dinnell. Can’t you just see it getting ready to become Cinderella’s carriage? I used my wonderful Bernina 780 to appliqué, embroider, piece, and quilt it. The embroidered appliqué alone took about a dozen re-hoopings, which always makes me nervous. In fact, I did […]