Author Archives: Sewfrench

Celebrate Hand Quilting Blog Hop

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Sewfrench

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 →

Posted in Birthday, Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Blogging, Celebrate, Celebrate Hand Quilting, Design, festival, hand quilting, Quilting | Tagged batik, blog hop, diy, double wedding ring, hand quiting, illustration, Oakshott, quilt, quilting, trees quilt, wool batting | 21 Comments

Bloggers’ Quilt Festival Spring 2013 ~ Handquilted

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sewfrench

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

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Sewfrench

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

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sewfrench

“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 →

Posted in Books, Quotes, Reading | Tagged Aristotle, best book, book, books, everything happens for a reason, favorite book, john green, literature, quote, reading, the fault in our stars, there is a reason for everything | 10 Comments

Double zippered, open wide pouch

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Sewfrench

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

Listening to an old quilt talk

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sewfrench

They really do talk if you take the time to listen. And while this quilt is not that it is “that” old, it still speaks volumes. 1989 was not that long ago. 24 years? That’s nothing in the life of … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Family, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilt stories, Quilting, Uncategorized | Tagged antique, batting, hand, polyester, quilt, quilting, restoration, tiny stitches, why does a quilt fall apart, why does a quilt get holes in it | 7 Comments

Rubber baby buggy bumpers

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Sewfrench

Say that quickly three times, LOL! Okay, that’s not exactly what these are, but when tagging the pictures, baby bumpers, that childhood ear worm is now stuck in my head. Yours, too??? I should have called them crib bumpers and … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Finishes, Sewing, Show it off Fridays | Tagged baby, crib bumpers, diy, dust ruffle, girl, nursery, premier prints, rubber baby buggy bumpers, sewing | 16 Comments

Making Progress

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Sewfrench

Last week I was kicking myself because in the middle of a project I ran out of natural colored quilting thread. Who runs out of such a basic item, one I use constantly. Seriously. I tore the house apart looking … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Reading, Sewing, Uncategorized, WIP | Tagged baby, cording, crib bumpers, diy, girl, Modern Patchwork magazine, nursery, premier prints, reading, sewing | 10 Comments

Show Me My Options

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Sewfrench

The real finish of the week was making decisions. I’m exciting to be doing the nursery for our next little granddaughter, due August 24! Her mother found a picture of the fabric she wanted, I then did the research and … Continue reading →

Posted in Decorating, Design, fabric, Finishes, Sewing, Show it off Fridays | Tagged diy, fabric, nursery, sewing, show me | 17 Comments

Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Sewfrench

Listening to The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving written by Jonathan Evison, read by award-winning narrator Jeff Woodman. A thirty something guy is at his rope’s end, running out of money, no career path or employment history, to speak of, decides … Continue reading →