This is my latest pattern, Twirling Ribbons. Below is the wallhanging size 34″ x 47″. Add two more borders to make a small lap quilt, 45″ x 57″. The fabric is Saddle River by Timeless Treasure. It is beautiful! You can see it here. I designed this quilt with asymmetrical borders. The left and bottom […]
Pillow Pouches
Several months ago a customer brought some embroidered blocks for me to make into throw pillow covers. I’ve made quilts for her before with her blocks, this time she wanted pillow covers. She brought 12 in all, six of two different designs. I finally started on them last week. I have one completely done. She […]
Half Square Triangles
I recently had two quilters question instructions on making HSTs, so I thought I’d go over my method for making HSTs. It’s actually not MY method, I learned it from Eleanor Burns on Quilt in a Day close to 40 years ago. It’s the only way I’ve made HSTs. It starts with a grid of […]
The quilt is almost done…
I just need to add the outer border. I put it up on the design wall. I really like it, but the design doesn’t show up like I want it to, thanks to the fabric choices. Fabric makes such a big difference in quilting! I also noticed that I have some ripping to do… The […]
A new pattern
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks (more or less) working on a new pattern. I thought it would be so easy, after all, it’s just squares, half-square triangles, Flying Geese and a couple of quarter-square triangless. Oh, my! It’s not going to be a difficult pattern. There are three different sizes of HSTs, and […]
A project finished–almost
Yesterday I finished piecing the third project for Island Batik. Hopefully I can get it quilted on Saturday; if not then it will be a week from tomorrow. I can’t wait to show pictures of it (all of them)! It’s such beautiful fabric! I saw something this morning on facebook, but I can’t find it […]
Ahhhhhhhh……..Sewing what I want to sew……….the “Magic 60”
I have one of my Island Batik Spring/Summer projects done, another up to the quilting stage, and FINALLY I am starting on a twin size quilt. I’ve been freakin’ out over this…I need to have it done before the end of the month, and I just wasn’t able to get to it — until today. […]
A new purse
I finished a sewing a purse this morning. I started it on Monday. Another project was fighting me, and the tab holding the strap on my purse finally came off. So new purse it was. The pattern is Miss Midi Purse by Lidia K Froehler of A Cotton Treasure Design I saw it in my […]
A Lesson Learned…I hope!
Thursday and Friday I worked on a tablerunner with the new fabric I received from Island Batik for the spring catalog. It’s Gathering Friends, a pattern that I’ve made 3 times (or is it 4??). By pressing carefully, the seams will all nest against each other, helping to eliminate some of the bulk in the […]
Another quilter’s take on Ribbon Fall
Diane contacted me to find out where she could buy Ribbon Fall. She then downloaded a pdf from QuiltWoman. Over the weekend she sent me a picture of her finished quilt. I love the fabrics she used for the ribbons–they sparkle! Diane also changed the ribbons. I had the ribbons above and below the panel, […]