Category: Quilting

 I had some leftover blocks from my Simple Abundance/MoJo quilt, which I called the Ridiculously Cute Basket Quilt.  Sara thought they would make an adorable little table topper, and combined them with some of my leftover scraps.  How cute is this? No waste=a free table topper! She let me practice my machine quilting on it, which […]

I took a break from the Farmer's Wife project yesterday and finished up the blocks for my mini Bennington Schnibbles quilt.  This will end up as a late summer/early fall table topper on my kitchen table.  I am going to quilt it myself (deep breath, wish me luck), and can picture it already in my […]

This may just be one of my favorite quilts EVER!!!  Linda from The Quilted Pineapple did the quilting for me, and it is exquisite.  She did all of the quilting *freehand*, believe it or not!  Trust me, this gal does great work.  And her prices are reasonable too.   Look at the close up of […]

 I received my Belle Meade quilt back from being quilted.  The quilter was LeAnne Olson, who I met last September in Illinois when I took two classes from Carrie Nelson.  LeAnne is a well known quilter, who has had her work published in magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens American Patchwork and Quilting.  Her work […]

 This rose bush is called Just Joey, named after the 60's movie star Joey Heatherton, I believe.  Love this rose bush.  Every May it puts out quite a show in my back yard! My friend Barbara sent me an email yesterday with a link to the best quilt pattern company called Abbey Lane.  The patterns are so bright and […]

 I can't help myself.  Sara bought a couple of darling pieces of art from a Japanese artist, and they are going into the baby's room.  They are whimsical depictions of a little girl and her best friend/companion, who is a bunny.  The colors in the two pieces are predominently red and aqua. So, to date, I […]

 Honestly, I have not had one minute to sew since I started this new job, but I still have some things to share with you.  I recently bought some new patterns from a great designer named Margo Languedoc.  Her company is called The Pattern Basket, and she has a really nice website.  Many of her patterns are […]

  First off, thank you all for such amazing comments to yesterday's post.  Your comments were better than my post, so if anyone hasn't read the comments, please do go back and see what folks had to say.  Amazing, articulate, caring opinions all.  I am having a crazy kind of week, so I have not […]

 I swear, this quilt  made itself.  I LOVE this quilt.  It is from a pattern by Artichoke Collection called All Wrapped Up.  Not sure if you if you can find the pattern any more.  I was told the partners who were Artichoke Collection split up.  🙁 The applique was super simple, but for some reason (probably […]