Let me get this out of the way from the start: I love my Bernina 790+ sewing machine. I often say that someone would have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. However, it does have one disadvantage: it’s really heavy! In the past, I’ve opted not to participate […]
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Last summer I pieced a quilt top called Metropolis II by Heidi Pridemore, and that top has been “marinating” while I considered how I wanted to quilt it. I’d finally decided that I wanted to use some of the designs that Sue Heinz has in her repertoire and which would […]
Yesterday I posted that I was working on embroidering the borders of the Winter Twist project from San Francisco Stitch Co. And now the embroidery is finished, and my Bernina is taking a well-earned nap! The next step, of course, will be to quilt the piece, finishing the little quilt […]
The borders and corner sections for the embroidered project I’ve been working on were released! This is the Winter Twist sew-along from San Francisco Stitch Co. The blocks and finishing pieces have been free for a while, but that will stop in a very short time. There are, of course, four […]
And here’s the third of the four blocks that San Francisco Stitch Co. is issuing as a free download for the winter! This “marquis” is a curious little ermine who pokes his head up in search of whatever he can see in the neighborhood. He was inspired by a real […]
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an embroidered block that was the beginning of a short series put out by San Francisco Stitch Company. Today the second block was released, the Snow Baron, a snowy owl at night. Given the state of my back at the moment, I wasn’t […]