I absolutely love going to the Houston Quilt Festival, and I’m very lucky to be able to do so. I left home last Wednesday and returned home on Sunday, and it was so much fun to meet up with old friends and see the gorgeous quilts and the amazing vendors! […]
ruler
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I may have mentioned before that I enjoy free-motion quilting. One aspect of that is ruler work, which has only relatively recently been widely done on domestic sewing machines, though longarm machines have had the capability for quite a long time. The problem has been that availability of specialized feet […]
About two weeks ago I began working on a new bag, taking a break of several days in the middle while we had a houseguest, and I finished it last night. This bag is another of the ones designed by Annie Unrein, whose patterns are very clear, with detailed instructions; […]
My shoulder is doing much better now, and I’ll just have to remember not to push myself to do too much at one sitting so as not to strain it again. 🙂 I’m currently working on the large white sections around the edges of the central part of the top. […]
First of all, I’m still — slowly — working on my New York Beauty blocks! The past few days have been a bit busier than usual with “other” stuff, though, so progress continues on a not-rushed basis. 😉 Today, though, I’m posting about a class I was lucky enough to […]
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 […]