Just found this tutorial on how to sew an easy Messenger Bag. I like her choice of fabrics and its size. This can be a great birthday or Christmas gift for a teenager. Just pick some cool fabrics, for boy or girl. Fill it with books, iTunes gift card... and you will have a winner! http://fabricworm.blogspot.com/2010/09/patternless-messenger-bag-tutorial.html … [Read more...] about Messenger Bag Tutorial
String Spiderweb Quilt Design
I came across this pattern a while ago. What do you think? Looks interesting and the tutorial on the site (http://quiltville.com/spiderweb.shtml) has step by step detail on the construction of the block. Another one for my to do list, although I would probably make it less scrappy. Here is a picture of the quilt featured on Quiltville: … [Read more...] about String Spiderweb Quilt Design
Jillily Studio
Guys, I always like to check out Jill Finley's website (http://jillilystudio.com/pages/home.html) and blog (http://jillilystudio.blogspot.com/). Her color combinations are amazing... and her patterns are lovely. If it weren't so late I would rush to my studio and would start another quilt! No, wait, still working with the Woolies... … [Read more...] about Jillily Studio
Hand quilting
Last year I learned how to hand quilt while working on a project with some friends from our quilt guild. It is calming, fun, and every time we get together to work on a project I feel transported to years past, when women gathered around a bed-size quilt for hours on end. We talk, laugh, dream. I got so excited that I bought a small frame and started quilting a churn dash quilt top I had assembled a couple of years ago. It will be done before the summer, I hope. I even hand quilted small wall … [Read more...] about Hand quilting
Machine quilting
I love quilting my projects! Got my Bernina 440 QE (Bernina USA) as a gift from my husband, and I have been happier ever since. So, off to quilting a wall hanging for my good friend Teresa. Then, I am going to slice through fat quarters of Maywood Woolies I just got at Thimbles and Threads (www.thimblesandthreads.com) (huhmm... maybe my husband should unsubscribe to this blog!). This time, I am making a warm quilt for me! Yeah! They are soooo soft... I am thinking of a simple pattern, such as … [Read more...] about Machine quilting
Sewing Tutorials
Sometimes I want to do something different - not a quilt. Looking for a different project one day, I found a couple of sites with great ideas and free patterns. I am not an accomplished seamstress, and appreciate any help I can get. How about you? Do you keep going back to the same sites for ideas? Free sewing tutorials Free sewing patterns … [Read more...] about Sewing Tutorials