Category Archives: Quilting

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

Amelia approved!

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Sewfrench

I whipped this bag up, as a Christmas gift, for our youngest grand-daughter, Amelia. Her family recently took up camping and you know, if you have ever camped, you can never have enough tote bags. Well, if you travel with … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Crafting, Design, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, Linkys, Sewing | Tagged camping, canvas, cotton and steel, crafting, fabric, mochi dots, noodlehead, poolside tote, poolside tote review, poolside tote size, sewfrench, sewing, soft and stable, tote bag, tula pink forest frivolity, Zippers by the yard | 9 Comments

New Leaves

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Sewfrench

As for the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival, you vote by going here and then click in the upper right hand corner, of your favorite quilt picture. A red heart will appear when you have voted. Thanks if mine was a favorite!! If not, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 completes, Design, fabric, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilting, Quotes | Tagged Amit Ray, baptist fan, Bloggers Quilt Festival Spring 2015, BQF, falling leaf, hand quilted, hand quilting, how to make a maple leaf quilt, kona cotton, Maple leaf, Marking a baptist fan, quote, solids, vintage quilt | 16 Comments

The thing about reading blogs…

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Sewfrench

is there is always something you didn’t know you needed until you see someone else makes it! When I saw what Allison, at Cluck, Cluck Sew, had made, I went digging around until I found a our youngest’s most precious baby … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafting, Design, fabric, Family, Finishes, Gifts, Quilting, Sewing | Tagged baby doll sleeping bag, baby doll wrap, baby wrap, birthday baby doll, Madame Alexander Huggums doll, sewfrench, valentine gifts | 11 Comments

Playing with Scraps

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Sewfrench

I just got this stack of beauties in the mail. So much fun in such a small package! I “finally” got a round to signing up for one of those stash-building fabric subscription services. You’ve seen them, right? You pay a … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, organizing, Quilting, scraps, studio | Tagged busting, color your stash, design, fabric, organize, organizing, quilting, scrap, subscription | 11 Comments

What Does the Fox Say???

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Sewfrench

Last week, when I was out photographing my Flower Garden quilt, I was amazed at the amount of tracks there were out back. It hadn’t snowed in a few days, but still WOW. These are not human tracks, this is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Photography, Quilting, View out my window | Tagged flower garden quilt, fox, nature, photography, snow, view out my window, what does the fox say, wildlife | 5 Comments

Flower Garden quilt

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Sewfrench

I first talked about this quilt just a week ago. The quilt is based on the classic quilt block, Drunkard’s Path, and set with sashing and borders of the same size as the finished blocks. In this case 4″. When I started I was … Continue reading →

Posted in 2015 completes, Design, fabric, Quilting | Tagged baby quilt, drunkard's path, flower garden quilt, Kona, quilt, quilting, scrap | 20 Comments

Irregular blocks

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Sewfrench

Playing around, in my studio, last night I came up with this idea. I don’t know why I needed to start something else, but I did. One out the door, means you have to start something else doesn’t it?? Using solid scraps of … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged irregular blocks, Memories quilt, memory quilt, solid quilt, solids, t-shirt quilt, tee shirt quilt, valentine quilt, WIP | 8 Comments

Sewing Curves Without Pins

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Sewfrench

I am not very good at staying on task… When it comes to me and creativity you probably already know that. Feeling the need to try something new. Making a terrible mess doing it… But it will be so worth it! All … Continue reading →

Posted in Quilting, Sewing, WIP | Tagged drunkard's path, quilting, scrap quilt, sewfrench, sewing, sewing curves no pins, WIP | 6 Comments

I Am Beginning to See the Light…

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Sewfrench

Cleaning up, a quilt before it is completely finished, is probably my less favorite part. After the quilting is finished, and the binding is on but before it heads to the washer, I probably spend 20 minutes inspecting and carefully trimming … Continue reading →