Category: Quilting

  I have had so many people ask me the name of this pattern, and I simply cannot recall where I got the idea for it.  Do any of you recognize it from a book or a pattern? All I know is that I finished it in March of 2005.  The fabric looks as if […]

This quilt top took just over six hours to make.  Seriously, you could do it in a weekend, with no great effort at all!  The quilt is made with a jelly roll (I used two), so the cutting is just about done for you before you even get started.  You do have to cut the […]

"You are not leaving this house until you finish your chores".  Remember Mom saying that?  Or versions there of.  "You are grounded until your room is totally straightened up".  "I do not want one more word out of you until that homework is done". I need a Mom to tell me "You will not do […]

Several of you have inquired about the "tie off" needles I mentioned in my last post.  Here is a photo of the special needles I got for doing the tie offs on my blended neutrals quilt.  You don’t have to thread them in the normal manner.  You just kind of hook your thread around the […]

I got my Blended Neutrals quilt back from my quilter (Debbie at Prairiequeens) this week!  She did a custom job for me and is it ever gorgeous.  The quilting makes the quilt, as they always say.  Here is a close up of one of the blocks.  My photography does not do it justice, but you […]

Since I had to get all this stuff up off the floor so we could shampoo the rug in the sewing room, I finally forced myself to label and arrange my works in progress.  I can’t tell you how good this feels, to finally address my current issue of too many unfinished projects.  I counted […]

So, I woke up this morning and thought, "OK, this is the day I get organized!  All my UFO’s will be catagorized and sorted as to finishing date.  I will devote this entire day to that activity and my life will change for the better." I went into the sewing room, gazed around for a […]

I apologize for the lack of any quilty posts lately.  For some reason, I just have not gotten into my sewing room this week, except to sleep at night to get away from my DH’s snoring and coughing.  (TMI?)  I sure will be glad when this virus of his goes away!  I do miss the […]

Prairiequeens got in the entire collection of Posh by Chez Moi for Moda.  Debbie at PQ says it reminds her of a dish of melted Neapolitan ice cream!  I agree, it’s got the pinks, the chocolates, a touch of pistachio, and the backgrounds are a vanilla white.  I love this fabric.  Love with a Capital […]

This bleak little picture is of the iron in my sewing room.  No, I am not particularly proud or fond of this iron.  Perry challenged me to post on the subject of my iron, and I have to admit, it is a bit of a sore topic.  You see, this is the THIRD iron I […]