I have to be the only quilt blogger that is TERRIBLE about posting the final post about quilts. Maybe it’s part of the emotional attachment of that last stitch of the binding where once it’s done its…done! Seems obvious but it’s weird. This is my piece of art that I’ve labored anywhere from 10’s of…
Getting to Know My Walking Foot
I’ve signed up for Craftsy classes before but I recently purchased the Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot class with Jacquie Gering. I watched while I wrapped up on the plus sign quilt top (sneak peak below!) and I gotta say WOW! After watching through the first 2 lessons of the class I was inspired…
Sewing with Outdoor Fabric
Recently I’ve been sewing with some Better Homes and Garden Outdoor Fabric that I picked up at Jo-Ann’s. It’s for a project I’ll be posting as part of the Sew We Quilt “A Perfect Picnic” blog hop. I’ve had a stinky habit of waiting till the last minute to work on blog hop projects but…
Spring Cleaning
Got quite a bit of spring cleaning done yesterday! I finally gathered up my unused fabric and donated it at the fabric store a few towns over. I had some home decor that never got used for a project and some apparel fabric from my occasional delusion that I’m skilled enough to make apparel I’d…
Turn your Ironing Board into a Mega Pressboard
Almost two years ago I picked up my current ironing board. I had to buy a new one after a 2:30 AM disaster but that’s a whole other story entirely. I picked the big one at Target cause it felt like it had better padding than the other one and the larger size should accommodate…
Life’s an Adventure is Ready for the Longarm!
I posted about my latest quilt, Life’s an Adventure, last week. The name is new (as of yesterday) but after a trip to my LQS to get the backing fabric I got all me ducks in a row. Now I’m just waiting on a callback from a local quilter. The owner of the LQS was…
Running Through Daydreams
When I’m bummed out sometimes I go to my LQS (little quilt shop) and well, I think we all know what happens when we do that. I was a bit bummed about the announcement that my office was closing in 2.5 months and decided I’d take some of my upcoming down time to write some…
Designing Quilt Patterns for 2014
I’m super excited to announce that I’m in the process of designing and testing patterns for two beautiful large quilts and a baby quilt. One thing I’m not always particularly talented at is mixing fabrics from different lines and the Fat Quarter Shop Blogger’s bundles has helped me fill up my stash with beautifully sets…
Damage Free Curtains (Got Ruffled!)
Let’s start off with the fact that I’m not a huge ruffle girl. I signed up for the Think Ruffle hop as a challenge for myself; try to push out of my 2D” comfort zone to ruffle a few feathers. So what projects are on my to do that I can incorporate ruffles… Bingo:…
Solstice Stars Sampler: the Finished Quilt
Solstice stars was completed just before Thanksgiving both quilting and binding. I machine bound the quilt because I wanted to give machine binding a try and since it was a quilt I was keeping for myself I didn’t feel like I needed to go over the top with perfection. My machine binding needs a lot…
Quilt of Valor: Top Pieced & Complete
Saturday we did it. With an 9 hour marathon of ironing, cutting, pinning, sewing and pressing we completed our Quilt of Valor top. My mom and 2 of my closest friends gathered around the kitchen table, set up the press board in the living room and with a pitcher of apple sangria, some finger sandwiches…
Printed Quilt Label
As a young quilter (young in both quilt years and age I suppose) I’ve more than once finished a quilt and not included a label. I know, amateur stuff. I went to a quilt guild meeting where the presenter embroidered beautiful labels but I have little experience with embroidery so that’s probably not right for…