Here is the third border for my quilt. Looking pretty good so far. May return to the leafy green fabric next. What do you think? Kids are on Spring Break, and I am so thankful they played nicely yesterday afternoon so I could work on this project. I needed to only hear the humming of the sewing machine, though I kept going back and forth to check on them... … [Read more...] about Medallion Part 3
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Medallion Part 2
Here is the new border around the medallion. It is so much fun designing a quilt as I go along. I know I will introduce more colors on the next border. When I go hunting in my stash, I can usually find what I need. Let's see if it will come through for me this time. What do you think so far? … [Read more...] about Medallion Part 2
Embroidery
I was thinking about my friend Diana this morning. She does beautiful embroidery - delicate, with gorgeous colors, and very precise. It reminds me of the work my mother used to do when I was growing up - Brazilian 3D embroidery. So, I looked around the house for some of that work, but only came across these hand towels I purchased in the Northeast of Brazil. Aren't they great? [Oh, I love when blogger rotates pictures for you! $%%$#@^!!!] … [Read more...] about Embroidery
Wednesdays
Wednesday is my favorite day of the week, which is when a few of us from the quilt guild get together and hand quilt a project. Yes, the modern version of the old quilting bee happens at my friend Sue's beautiful home by the Wasatch mountains in Utah. We take turns bringing lunch and desserts, and have a blast as we chat, laugh, and quilt for hours. My husband calls it crazy work (what? you could do it faster on your machine! he says). I call it a weekly retreat... … [Read more...] about Wednesdays
“Thin” fat quarters
When I buy fat quarters I expect them to be cut to their exact size, 18" x 22". I recently went to a quilt store and bought $55 worth of off-white, light beige fat quarters for a project. As I started cutting them, surprise! I realized that many were missing more than an inch at a corner, resulting in lots of wasted fabric. I also had to buy more fat quarters. Not happy! :-( Does this happen to you? Fat quarters can be folded in many different ways - should we open them before we buy them? Ai, … [Read more...] about “Thin” fat quarters
More green fabric!!!
I just got green fat quarters from my friend Annie (see her blog here and sign up for her giveaways!). Awesome prints! The gears in my brain are already turning: will I make a bag? a wall hanging? a table runner? I am leaning towards a bag, so I can parade these beauties around town! You will see what I come up with soon, I hope! … [Read more...] about More green fabric!!!