Recently Triple Play came home to me. The fabric is one of Island Batik’s Spring/Summer 2020 lines, Cocoa Cabana. Coco Cabana is designed by Kathy Engle, and will be available in stores in November/December of this year. I designed this pattern several years ago, and used Studio 180 Designs Corner Beam® ruler. I’m not a […]
Spinning, or swirling, seam allowances
In many of my patterns I give the tip to swirl the seam allowances. I include a diagram of what it is. Deb Tucker of Studio 180 Designs has started a series of tips on Thursdays on Facebook. Today’s tip is a detailed explanation of spinning the seam allowances. She goes into much greater detail […]
The new “normal”
How do we even define “normal” anymore? I hope everyone reading this is safe and well in this scary time. In some ways, the days aren’t much different for me than before. I still spend most of my day in my sewing room. Only, I have two extra days here. My husband is also off […]
Sewing today
I’m not working at the quilt store now, due to the coronavirus. Customers aren’t coming in, which we had expected. That doesn’t mean I’m just sitting here twiddling my thumbs! I had submitted designs to Northcott last month, and two of them were accepted. One of them was Mountain View. They asked for a variation […]
How to perfectly match fabric designs
I took some pictures when I had to match fabric for a border, and thought I’d add them here, to make things a little clearer. I especially like doing this on a large print. I have pictures of that and I’ll add them as I get time.
Trip Around the World progress
I thought I had all the squares sewn together, but I see that there are still some only pinned together. On the table are ones that need to be cut apart. At least I have all the squares needed. Right now I need to do some repairs on a new pattern. I thought I had […]
Let’s Take a Trip Around the World
I’m using these fabrics to make a quilt for our upcoming quilt bingo at church, at the end of March. Of all the quilt samples I have, none are what I need. I do have a lap quilt or two, but I”m not giving them up! I measured my fabric and found a TAtW EQ7 […]
A new sample bag
I work again today. Yesterday my new Studio 180 rulers were waiting for me. I can’t wait to try them out. I now have the Tucker Trimmer 3, Four Patch Square Up and Split Rects. You can see them here, plus the others available. When I get my fabric from Island Batik I’ll be trying […]
Copyright…or wrong
Several days ago there was a post on a quilt patterns designer group to which I belong. It was about a photo that a publishing company took off of Pinterest to put on the cover of a book that was in no way connected to the person who designed the pattern and made the quilt. […]