So this morning before church I did a bit of clean up in my sewing room. All the piles of fabrics to be sewn into garments went into a basket, the stacks of patterns rubber banded together so they’d stop slithering all…
Today’s desk shows my preparation for getting serious about learning how to improve my machine quilting. Last fall a fellow quilter recommended Diane Gaudynski’s Guide To Machine Quilting. I checked it out of the library and had to agree, it was fantastic. So I…
Here’s a fun weekend project for you. Doncha just love those funky red chunks? So grab your favorite something to drink, then sit back, relax and watch the how-tos. Then make sure to grab some beads and make a few! …
In the interest of full disclosure, today’s workdesk is not just as I found it this morning. I had to whip the “top secret art quilt project” off the table and replace it with a project from another work area. (Otherwise it…
Since Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day, and Sunday was Mother’s Day, I thought I’d share with you my First Mother’s Day scrapbook layout. I had a LOT of fun with this, after doing many boy-type pages with blues and greens, I went…
My husband’s birthday was this past week and I always try to make a little something for each of my guys on special days. This year I made him a bucket buddy, using Simplicity 4232. I think it came out rather nice:…
Today’s desk shows a mish-mosh of this and that. The only reason there’s any clear space at all was that I had to shove everything aside to repair a belt this morning. The bucket is for a cool bucket buddy for me,…
Congratulations to the winner of the empire waist dress pattern, Vickie Doswell. Keep an eye on this space, as I have lots more patterns to give away. Some are vintage, some gently used, some brand new and uncut.
I’ve been doing quite a bit of sewing this past week but I can’t share any of it with you quite yet. Two of the projects are gifts and one is an uber top secret challenge for Quilting Arts magazine. I think…
Today’s workdesk shows that I’m in the process of commencing to begin the early phases of the first part of the start of a jacket. Yup, I’m scared and dragging my feet, lol. I bought Simplicity 2446 because it promised to help…
