It feels like both. I’ve been working all week to get patterns uploaded to Payhip. It’s been an ordeal, but I think I’ve done it, correctly, I hope. Yesterday a package arrived from Northcott with fabric for several of the designs that have been in their Look Books. First is Santa’s Tree Farm, see it […]
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. […]
Log Cabin Spin
I made this little tablerunner several (a couple??) years ago. I’ve always been intrigued by all the different designs that can be made by a simple Log Cabin block. All you have to do is turn the blocks this way and that way and be amazed at how many ways you can arrange them. Then […]
Well. I kinda got lost…
I’ve been working on proposals. I’m working on new patterns. I submitted two designs, same pattern, simply two different layouts. Neither of those was accepted. I submitted a lap/lap/twin size quilt and a tablerunner to Island Batik, and they accepted the tablerunner. So, now I’ trying to get the pattern to testers. I thought it […]
Angel atop the tree
I started working on the angel on Friday. I didn’t get buckram, I bought some Peltex, the one-side fusible. Not that I intended to fuse it to anything, but it seemed a bit stiffer than the non-fusible. This is for the cone shape that the head/arms and dress go on. That’s about as far as […]
A new angel
I had, now my daughter has, my mom’s wedding dress. It’s 83 years old. It has been stored in a little cedar chest that my dad made for her, which in turn was stored in a much bigger cedar chest. The picture above is the veil and the jacket that went over the dress. I […]
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…finally
Today is my last day of “work” until next year. “Work” as in get in the car and drive to work. I work at the quilt shop on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and with the upcoming holidays, we will be closed both days for the next two weeks. I need to work on design proposals for […]