Instead of going to bed, which is what I said I was going to do in my previous post, I decided to go work on my machine applique project. I should have gone to bed. I’m blanket-stitching away, starting work on a new section and…all of a sudden, the machine WON’T. No matter how hard [...]
Reward
March 31, 2009 By 3 Comments
As a reward for getting some stuff done over the last two weeks (which is completely boring and the cause of the quiet blog), I pieced a new quilt over the weekend. It’s the Slideshow pattern by Terry Atkinson, in the baby size. Super quick and easy piecing. I even have the backing seamed and [...]
What a great idea I had
March 30, 2009 By 5 Comments
And even better is the fact that MOM was the one to execute my great idea. I am NOT a seamstress. I can sew, but I cannot sew clothing. Well, it’s probably better to say that I choose not to sew clothing. I would guess that with practice, I could do a creditable job, but [...]
Necessity
March 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
I can never seem to find my little container of binding clips. Technically, the ones I own came from the hair products aisle at my local big box store (Have you ever noticed that if a company markets something non-quilty as being a “quilt” product, the price magically increases???) I can never remember to buy [...]
Rebooting a project
March 30, 2009 By 2 Comments
Way back in October, I started making a sock using this scrump-dilly-icious sock yarn. Over the course of many months, I even got as far as turning the heel and starting the foot. I even posted pictures of the sock in progress. Said sock was also the source of Dramatic Exit post After I got [...]
