My husband and I have been away for a couple of weeks. We took a trip from Venice, Italy, to Athens, Greece. Everywhere we went was gorgeous, though the scenery in Montenegro and Dubrovnik were probably the most gorgeous I’ve seen. Still, I think seeing the Parthenon/Acropolis were the things […]
embroidery
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The other day I happened upon a lovely embroidery motif at Kreations by Kara, and it was on sale. Hmmm … how could I resist? 😉 I decided to make a quick couch cushion, and it was definitely quick and easy. I did a bare minimum of free-motion ruler quilting, […]
I’ve had a busy schedule for the past few days. One of our grandsons graduated from high school on May 25, another graduated from high school on May 30, their joint graduation party was on June 1, and I attended a two-day OESD class on May 31-June 1. I had […]
A few weeks ago I saw a pattern for an adorable tote bag — as though I need another tote bag! But it was really cute, so I’ve begun work on it. There are eight embroidered/appliquéed blocks on the front, and these are repeated on the back. However, I decided […]
My last post showed a pair of small quilts that will be gifts. Each measures approximately 21″ x 27″ — not large, by any stretch of the imagination. However, I’ve just finished another version that is even smaller: 12.5″ x 16″. All of the designs for both sizes came from […]
Some time back, I posted a few pictures of some embroidered blocks from San Francisco Stitch Co. I was making two sets of the larger (4″) blocks and one set of the 2″ blocks to use in three small quilts. The 2″ blocks are now a quilt top (not pictured […]