Category Archives: hand quilting

Thank you…

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Sewfrench

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

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Sewfrench

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

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

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

Lots of Hugs II

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Sewfrench

I was glad to finally get this one finished. I didn’t want to have to mail it along with the previous quilt that goes with it. I don’t know about you but I despise shipping quilts. I hear too many horror … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Charity Quilt, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, fabric, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, TGIFF | Tagged A Mother's Hope, baby, charily, Cross Terrain, II, Lots of Hugs, margaret's hope chest, quilt, quilting, scrap, scrap quilt | 11 Comments

Twinkle quilt ~ Revealed

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Sewfrench

And it is finished! Twinkle an original by Sewfrench for Braden approximately 34″ x 38″ 2013 Machine pieced Hand Quilted I especially love that I still had some of the fabric I used in my grandson’s, newborn quilt, in 2002, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Finish it Up Fridays, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Show it off Fridays, TGIFF | Tagged baby, hand, night, quilt, quilting, star, Starry, Starry Night quilt, Twinkle, wonky stars quilt | 6 Comments

A midweek update.

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Sewfrench

I finished another book, this week, Still Alice by Lisa Genova. This is a very mixed review for me. It is a novel, written by a Harvard professor. A neuroscientist told in the voice of a newly diagnosed, early onset Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Charity Quilt, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Reading, Sewing, Watcha reading, WIP | Tagged barefoot sisters southbound, book, Fabric Tuesday, margaret's hope chest, mental-health, nature, Oakshott, still alice, whatcha reading, WIP | 13 Comments

What I’m working on

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Sewfrench

This pouch work great for taking small stitching projects on the road. Working on these little gifts for some special people. I’ll have to share them when I’ve finished. They are too easy and cute! I am still plugging along on … Continue reading →