Category Archives: WIP

Love at First Sight returns

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Sewfrench

Working on replacing pillows for our sofa at the cottage. This is going to be such a huge improvement I know you will be impressed when it is finished. I have disliked the pillows ever since we bought these sofas … Continue reading →

Posted in Decorating, Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged Kona, modern, neutral, pillow, quilting, sewing, white labyrinth | 3 Comments

Ruffle Baby Bloomer Bottoms

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Sewfrench

Say that quickly, three times 🙂 Sewing for a little one is so much more difficult when they aren’t on hand for fittings. I have a completely new appreciation for the big boxes of clothes that used to arrive on our doorstep, … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Sewing, WIP, WIP | Tagged bloomers, clothing sizes, Grandma Ellis, linen, linen dress, ruffle butt, sewing for baby | 4 Comments

I Can’t Wait!

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Sewfrench

It’s almost time for the semi-annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival!! Though I haven’t been very prolific, this year, I do have a finish I haven’t shared. Originally the hand-quilting category was eliminated, but the masses spoke and it was revived. I predict … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Let's Bee Social, Linkys, Quilting, WIP | Tagged BQF, Kona, Maple Leaf Quilt | 7 Comments

A Stack of Books and a new toy

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Sewfrench

I recently splurged and bought myself a new light box. I was using a 25-year-old Princesses tracing box until the bulb went out and apparently they are not replaceable. Or I’m not as smart as a 5th grader because I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Favorite Things, hand quilting, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged Artograph Light Pad Light Box, books quilt, embroidery, font, Kona, light box, light pad, new toy, quilt, quilting, stack of books, tracing, transfer | 24 Comments

How many different stars in a constellation?

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Sewfrench

That is what I have been working on this week. Counting the stars. I pulled out a dozen, or so, quilting books and after flipping through them all, I picked out a variety, of different stars, and started making them. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Quilting, Reading, WIP | Tagged fabric, pattern, quilt, quilting, star, Steven King | 13 Comments

What I’m working on…

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Sewfrench

as I look out my window… and the forecast isn’t looking any better, any time soon. So I am piecing quilt tops. My plan was to use up a bunch of these really old scraps. This is starting to sound … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged quilt, quilt tops, scrap, scrappy, time traveler, trip around the world | 11 Comments

Hand Stitching

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Sewfrench

Watching the series House of Cards while hand stitching a binding. Loving the first season of this series starring Kevin Spacey. It sucked us in from the beginning. And since we no longer subscribe to Netflix, I wonder how delayed … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, WIP | Tagged binding, hand stitched, House of Cards, Marcia Derse, quilt, quilt binding | 10 Comments

Hand Quilters Unite!

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Sewfrench

This is the second year, in a row, that the American Quilt Society has brought one of their shows to my home town, Grand Rapids, MI. I had quite the treat to meet up with one of my online friends … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Celebrate Hand Quilting, Design, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged AQS, Blue Underground Studios, Celebrate Hand Quilting, Facebook, hand quilters, hand quilting, hand workmanship, Marcia Derse, Tim Latimer | 7 Comments

Trendsetting? Moi???

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sewfrench

My trees quilt is coming along slower than molasses. I’ve changing the quilting plan about three times but I am finally happy with the current direction it is going. I just thank goodness it was hand quilting and not machine … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity Quilt, Design, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Quilting, WIP, WIP | Tagged batik, equilateral, fall trees, hand quilting, inner voice, Kona, Oakshott, quilt, slower than molasses, solids, trees, trend setters, trendsetter, triangle | 5 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 →