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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Thank you…
for all the sweet comments. I was shocked and happily surprised to find that my “Leave a Trail” quilt was selected as a finalist in the Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Spring 2013 – Viewer’s Choice category!! If you missed it, you … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, fabric, hand quilting, Quilting
Tagged arts, Bloggers Quilt Festival, BQF, design, hand quilting, Kona, scrap quilt, vote
7 Comments
Thousand Pyramids quilt
Remember this quilt? And how my grown son, Paul, wanted me to “fix” his childhood/young adult/adult current favorite quilt? Most of you were cheering me on, anxious to see what I did with it. Well, it is on the back … Continue reading
Posted in 2013 completes, fabric, Family, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilting, Uncategorized
Tagged "Thousand Pyramids", 60 degree, equilateral, hand quilted, hand quilting, Kona, men, solid, triangle
28 Comments
It’s just what I always wanted!!
One of our girls used to exclaim that as only a 4-year-old can. I’m not sure if she didn’t know how to respond to a gift, she didn’t ask for, or if it really was “just what she always wanted!”. … Continue reading
Have I told you lately???
Just how much I love zippers??? I think they add so much to a project. Not just better usage of a bag, but an extra zing of detail. And it never hurts when you get a package in the mail … Continue reading
Posted in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, Sewing, woodworking
Tagged art gallery, bag, ear bud, ear bud pouch, fabric, pat bravo, purse, reversible, riley blake chevron, sewing, sister, tote, zipper
6 Comments
Celebrate Hand Quilting Blog Hop
I’m excited to be one of the stops on Sunday, Day 7, the final day, of the Celebrate Hand Quilting Blog Hop!! If you click the button below, you can go to the home page and find the links to the … Continue reading
Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Spring 2013 ~ Handquilted
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “Leave a Trail” December 2012 100″ x 100″ Machine pieced Hand quilted by myself Welcome to another Bloggers’ … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 completes, Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Blogging, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Design, fabric, Family, festival, Finish it Up Fridays, Finishes, Gifts, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Quotes, Show it off Fridays, TGIFF
Tagged 2013, Bloggers Quilt Festival, hand made gifts, hand quilting, Kona, leave a trail, muslin, quilt, quilting pattern, quote, ralph waldo emerson, scrap, trail marker, triangular shapes
68 Comments
Struggling to see the forest through the trees
If you enjoy hand quilting I should have mentioned it sooner, but today is Day 3 of a hand quilting blog hop over at Celebrate Hand Quilting. Personally, I think hand quilters are the nicest people. Always ready to share … Continue reading
Posted in Charity Quilt, hand quilting, Quilting
Tagged batik, big stitch, charity, hand quilting, Kona, Oakshott, perle cotton, prevencia perle cotton, quilt, quilting, tree
14 Comments
There is a reason for everything
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.” <<< That’s a … Continue reading
Double zippered, open wide pouch
An original bag, loosely adapted from Noodle-head’s medium-sized, open wide, zippered pouch. This one is for my husband. He doesn’t get zippered pouches made for him nearly often enough. I am really lacking in the guy fabric department but I think this birch … Continue reading
Posted in Crafting, fabric, Gifts, Sewing
Tagged diy, electonics bag, man fabric, noodlehead, open wide pouch, zippered pouches
22 Comments
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