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Is Mars Retrograde?
Are any of you doing the Primitive Gatherings Christmas Sew Along? Is it just me, or was Block 4 the block from H#%*? Either the cutting directions were slightly off, I measured wrong, or my stitching is no where near as good as I thought it was. That was one frustrating, wonky block. I may…
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Thumbelina Christmas
Have you heard about the Sew Along that is going on over at Primitive Gatherings? Lisa Bongean has organized a fun Christmas sew along that can be made with traditional or modern fabrics. Her concept is that we will make a red and white quilt, 25 blocks before Christmas. The patterns are free, so do…
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Bounce, Now the Fun Begins…
Now the fun really begins with my Halloween Bounce project. In my last post I mentioned that I made the star blocks two different sizes. How is that going to all go together you may be wondering. Well, it turns out that you trim all the blocks down to the same size! The blocks are…
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Halloween Bounce Stars-More on Fabric Selection
I am making my Halloween Bounce Stars scrappy, within each of five color ways. I have fabrics in black, orange, gold, green and purple. I found that if I used a selection of lights and darks in each star, the stars seemed to "sparkle" more than if I stuck to fabrics all the exact same…
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Halloween Bounce
The pattern I am going to use for my beautiful palette of fall colored fabrics is Bounce, a pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. The version on the pattern cover was pieced by Thelma Childers, of "Cupcakes 'n' Daisies" and quilted by Linda Hrcka of "A Quilted Pineapple". What I love about this pattern (besides…
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A New Color Palette/A New Project
Hi there. Hope you all had a wonderful 3 day weekend, if where you live it actually WAS a 3 day weekend! Here in the US it was "Labor Day Weekend", an occasion that for a lot of folks signifies kids going back to school, days getting shorter, fall approaching, and summer's last fling-often celebrated…
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It’s A Finish
I am pretty pleased with this one. Raise the Roof by Miss Rosie's Quilt Company. Jefferson County fabrics, designed by Jeanne Horton for Windham. The finished size of the quilt is 74" x 74". There are 32 sawtooth star blocks and 32 log cabin blocks. I love the "sunshine and shadow" effect the stars make…
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Slight Detour
My daughter Sara has been strongly urging me to make her a fall table topper. She is using my old round kitchen table in her home and a square table topper is just the thing to put in the middle of it, along with a seasonal candle or floral arrangement. You may remember last fall…
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Raise the Roof Borders
I am buried in strips here. The border for Raise the Roof involves what is called a "Piano Key" border. To achieve this, you make strip sets which you sub cut and piece together for a border. It is a great effect and uses up a ton of fabric. I am making six strip sets…
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Fanfare with Drunkard’s Path Templates
Well, I don't know when I have had so much fun sewing. It has been a bit of a dry spell. Fanfare, a pattern by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life has shaken things up a bit around here. Check my previous post for more details on how to order Sherri's pattern. I delved into…
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