Author Archives: Sewfrench

My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sewfrench

★★★★★ “You will have only one story… You’ll write your one story many ways. Don’t ever worry about story. You will have only one.” My Name Is Lucy Barton, the new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, is cause for … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading, Review | Tagged book, book review, book spoiler, reading | 1 Comment

Flower Garden II

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Sewfrench

The second version of the my Flower Garden quilt is completed and gifted to another sweet little niece. This quilt is based on the classic quilt block, Drunkard’s Path, and set with sashing and borders of the same size as … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Completes, Design, fabric, Gifts, Quilting, Uncategorized | Tagged baby quilt, drunkard's path, flower garden quilt, Kona, quilt, quilting, scrap, serpentine | 10 Comments

Garden Party

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Sewfrench

AKA Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend II I started this (Garden) Party back in 2011. Then it got tucked away until I could come up with a better variety of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. It takes a 6″ square to cut each … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting | Tagged 60 degree, diamonds are a girls best friend quilt, fabric, jane austen quilt, kaffe fassett fabrics, Kona, quilt, quilting, WIP | 18 Comments

Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ Not sure when or why this book popped up on my radar but now that I have finished it I see that there is a movie in the making. Cate Blanchett is talk of the leading role. Not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Reading, Review | Tagged book, book review, book spoiler, movie spoilers | 2 Comments

Where did all the Blueberry Crumb Bars go???

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Sewfrench

Up North Michigan Farmers’ Markets are just started to bust with the summer’s produce, so when we went on Saturday I bought one of everything! The blueberries are especially large, this year, and bursting with a beautiful sweet flavor. On our way home we … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrate, Cooking, Cottage, Dessert, Eating, Recipes | Tagged baking, blueberries, Blueberry, blueberry crumb bar, blueberry dessert, dessert, Michigan, sewfrench, snack bar | Leave a comment

Sarum: The Novel of England and a visit to some of the places mentioned.

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Sewfrench

★★★★☆ Sarum by Edward Rutherford is an epic novel about the area of England known as Sarum. This novel, of more than one thousand pages, spans more than 10,000 years, covering the span of English history from primitive times to … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Photography, Reading, Travel, Watcha reading | Tagged abd, book club, book review, book spoiler, england, london, Old Sarum, Salisbury, sarum by edward rutherford, stonehenge, travel | 7 Comments

Blue, orange, green….

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Sewfrench

I made Amelia this quilt for her first birthday. It’s called orange, blue, green…. Ha! No, it is really a St. Louis 16 and is a classic patchwork quilt design. It is also an awesome tool for teaching colors, when using solids. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 completes, Birthday, Design, fabric, Quilting, scraps, Sewing | Tagged checkerboard quilt, educational, Kona, patchwork quilt, pattern, quilting, scrap, St. Louis, St. Louis 16 block, traditional, vintage | 10 Comments

Two rainy days in a row…

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Sewfrench

You know what that means?!! Clean bathrooms, fresh sheets on the beds and more time to sew! I got the large portions of yesterday’s Quilt Math project sewn together. Looking through the camera’s lens, I’m not real happy with the center … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting | Tagged design, Kona, modern, quilt, quilt math, quilting, scrap, WIP | 4 Comments

How ingenious of me :)

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Sewfrench

You know I love working with scraps and when we got ready to head to the cottage, for the season, and I didn’t have a project to work on, I grabbed my Kona cotton scrap basket and headed out the door. … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting, scrap, scraps | Tagged design, kona cotton, quilt, quilt math, quilting, scrap, solid | 9 Comments

Best Banana Bread, ever.

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Sewfrench

To say I love banana bread is an understatement. I think I have tried every recipe out there always trying to perfect the last one. Until now. This is where I draw the line in the flour. No need to … Continue reading →