Last summer, the San Francisco Stitch Company posted weekly machine embroidery blocks. I downloaded each one and made it, thinking that the blocks would be good practice for me. Who knew the blocks would also be so cute? đ I had to put the finished top aside for a time while […]
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One of the projects I’ve wanted to get done had to be complete before the holiday season sneaks up on me. đ Every year we give our grandchildren a new Christmas ornament; it’s a “tradition” I began with our daughters when they were young. This year I came across patterns for some […]
Okay, I can’t take a photo of the entire ‘Tis the Season quilt top, but I took four photos of the four different “quarters” of it. Here they are, and you’ll just have to imagine how they actually look as a whole piece ;).  Did I mention that there are just […]
I’ve had lots of interruptions lately, but I’m still plugging away at my ‘Tis the Season quilt (see my previous post and the one before that). I’ve finished embroidering the borders and adding them to the center; unfortunately, I don’t have a large enough space to put it up to […]
I’ve had some other calls on my time this past week, but today I trimmed up all of the rest of the blocks and sashing strips that I’d made for the embroidered quilt I started in class last week. Then I got them all put together into a 40.5″ square. […]
I’ve just returned from a wonderful class at the Bernina Connection in Phoenix. đ My quilt buddy, Phyl, invited me to stay with her, and we always have a great time together! The class was taught by Claudia Dinnell, who does wonderful digitized embroidery patterns. The pattern we did is […]