Tag Archives: FMQ

“Take a Hike” quilt

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Sewfrench

A couple of summer ago, after seeing some of Ann Lovelace’s art quilts, at art fairs, I became fascinated with her style of Landscape quilts. How realistic these fabric scraps could represent a place so familiar is mind-blowing. So way … Continue reading →

Posted in 2013 completes, A Sttitch in Time, Bloggers' Quilt Festival, Cottage, Crafting, Crazy Mom Friday Finishes, Fabric Tuesday, Finishes, Landscape, Linkys, Quilting, Sewing, TGIFF | Tagged Ann Lovelace, art quilt, art quilts, batik, benzie, birch, FMQ, forest, interlochen, Interquilten, landscape, Landscape quilts, machine quilting, mi, Michigan, photography, quilted, trees, wall hanging | 64 Comments

Upcoming Giveaway!

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Sewfrench

It has been a lazy, though productive last several days around here. We watched several movies then proceeded to get caught up on our television recordings, so that means I got a lot of hand quilting on this queen-sized, scrap quilt … Continue reading →

Posted in fabric, Giveaway, hand quilting, machine quilting, Quilting, Sewing | Tagged fabric, FMQ, free motion quilting, giveaway, hand quilting, muslin, roc-lon, scrap quilt, traveling stash | 9 Comments

Preparing for Thanksgiving

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Sewfrench

You realize it is less than two weeks away, right? Where has this year gone??? Thankfully, we will be guests this year. Daughter Krystal, and her husband D, that have the *huge* garden and the 24 turkeys running around their … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Eating, Gluten Free, Health, Linkys, Quilting, Recipes | Tagged broth, chicken stock, cooking, FMQ, food, free motion quilting, homemade stock, How to make, quilting, recipe, sewing, star, Starry, Starry Night, Thanksgiving, turkey stock | 8 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

and then there was light!

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Sewfrench

Ta Da! After 12 summers here, at the cottage, it’s nice to finally have some extra light in my sewing space. I finally got all the light switches in the right position and the stars must have aligned . Maybe … Continue reading →