Category Archives: WIP

Oooo, it smells good in here!!

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Sewfrench

This week I have been practicing hand embroidery skills. Mainly my initials and dates 😉 Over and over again! If you don’t know me in real life, then you might not know that that is how I finish off my … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrate, Cooking, Dairy free, Eating, Fabric Tuesday, Family, Giveaway, Gluten Free, Linkys, Quilting, Recipes, Traditions, Uncategorized, WIP | Tagged cooking, cornbread dressing, cornbread mix, dressing, embroidery, giveaway, quilting, recipe, sewing, stuffing, Thanksgiving, traveling stash | 2 Comments

Wednesday update

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Sewfrench

Okay, back to what I actually have been doing, instead of what it would appear if you were just scrolling through my blog….. I’ve never pieced battings before. Lord knows I have enough leftovers, about 24″ wide, not big enough … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Crafting, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, machine quilting, Quilting, WIP | Tagged batting, Bloggers Quilt Festival 2012, BQF, crafting, FMQ, free motion quilting, kaleidascope, kaleidoscope, machine quilting, quilting, sewing, stippling, WIP | 11 Comments

Creativity is Alive and Well!

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Sewfrench

If you are visiting from the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival, welcome! Thank you for stopping by, I’m glad you’re here! There are over 600 quilts entered as I write this, and I’ve only made it through about half of them. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Bloggers' Quilt Festival, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Pinterest, Quilting, WIP | Tagged art quilt, Bloggers Quilt Festival 2012, BQF, crafting, fabric swap, hand quilting, postage stamp quilt, quilting, rafting, scrap quilt, sewing, wall hanging | 9 Comments

Mess making…

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Sewfrench

Daughter came home to visit over the weekend and to pick up things she left behind, when she moved out, that she now decided she needed. Of course, while here, she popped down into my studio to pick up things … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Liberty of London charm swap, Quilting, Sewing, swap, WIP | Tagged baseball, Detroit Tigers, fabric, quilting, sewing, swap, world series | 7 Comments

Happy Thoughts make Happy Quilts

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sewfrench

A fire to take the chill off and quilting to keep the anxiety down. Watching the Tigers vs the Yankees, Game 3. No debate frustration will live in this quilt! Go Tigers!!!

Posted in Cottage, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged baseball, baseball playoffs, Detroit Tigers, hand quilting, sewing | 3 Comments

Zippity Doo Dah

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Sewfrench

Don’t you hate how much zippers cost? What I hate even more is not being able to find interesting ones. You know when you buy clothing the zippers can be so interesting and heavy. Cool pull tabs, heavier metal, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged bargain, clothing, crafting, diy, Salvation Army, sewing, shopping, thrifty, upcycling, WIP, zippers | 12 Comments

A no/slow progress week

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Sewfrench

We all have them. Don’t we? You do, don’t you??? Surely it’s not just me, but sometimes it seems like it, LOL! Thank you everyone who entered my first giveaway and gave me so many great movie suggestions! I picked … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Canning, Cooking, Giveaway, hand quilting, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP, WIP | Tagged agony and the ecstasy, blogging, books, Bubble quilt, canning, coat of many colors, elm creek quilts, Honeycomb quilt, movies, Out of this World quilt, quilting, reading, salsa, sewing, unnamed wall hanging, untitled wall hanging | 8 Comments

Need more thread.

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Sewfrench

I tried to duplicate Malka Dubrawsky’s zig zag quilting on my Honeycomb quilt. Without much luck. I just couldn’t get the hang of the smooth zig zagging, without pointy curves…. Anyone else tried this stitch? Can you share how you … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, machine quilting, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged A Stitch in Dye, hexagon quilt, Honeycomb quilt, machine quilting, Malka Dubrawsky, quilting, sewing | 15 Comments

I know it’s too early to celebrate, but….

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Sewfrench

An hour of this is extremely rewarding. Though you can bet I’ll be whining about the soreness tomorrow, because pin basting a 100″ x 106″ quilt is one of the toughest workouts evah.

Posted in fabric, Fabric Tuesday, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, WIP, WIP | Tagged A Stitch in Dye, basting, exercise, fabric uesday, Fresh Quilting, hexagon quilt, hexie quilt, Honeycomb quilt, Malka Dubrawsky, pin, quilt, quilt story, quilting, sewing | 18 Comments

The unnamed Kona wall hanging.

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Sewfrench

And the Honeycomb quilt size has been determined. 95″w x 101″l. That’s a queen for a 20″ deep mattress, when it tucks under the pillow, not over it. Well, that is what I came up with, anyway. And as huge as it … Continue reading →