This frame was TOO much fun to make. I made a similar one for my mom, shoulda taken a picture, I know. You’ll never guess what was used. Alcohol inks and foil tape! (You know, the stuff for wrapping pipes.) The raised…
What else is a new grandma to do for her granddaughter’s first Christmas except make her a dolly? Traditionally Raggedy Ann has red hair, red & white striped socks, black shoes and a red or blue calico dress, but I love these non-traditional…
Occasionally I teach sewing classes at a local fabric store. This was a fun pattern we made one Saturday. The bias trim and metal rings add just the right touch. If you’d like to give it a try, the pattern and directions for…
Have you ever made a bottle block? They’re so easy: Take a rectangle of fabric, add black triangles to each corner, add a lid and, there you go, a bottle. Now take lots of bright, happy bug fabrics and you have the…
This one was made for my son Dan’s 18th birthday. The block couldn’t be much more simple, it’s basically the first round of a log cabin. Make up a bunch of them and set with plain squares on point. In these colors,…
This pattern is called “Crack the Whip” and, like the Palm Branch quilt I mentioned yesterday, is also paper-pieced. However, I made it myself and didn’t annoy or frustrate anyone else with the project. I finished this little wallhanging in January of…
This was a project my quilting group worked on. The pattern is called Palm Branch and it’s paper-pieced. I designed the pattern using the block library in my Electric Quilt Design Software. It was so complicated I think they were all mad at…
Isn’t this Beatrix Potter print adorable? I fell in love with it and had to have some. The pattern is called “Pipsqueak Picnic” and can be found in Mary Hickey’s book, Sweet and Simple Baby Quilts. The block setting isn’t exactly simple…
This pattern was purchased on a quilt group field trip to Keepsake Quilting in Center Harbor, New Hampshire – definitely a destination for any quilter! It’s called “Pumpkin Patch” by the Pottery Collection, Table Quilts by Rabbit Run. Instead of doing all black cats like in…
