more sewing with boys
We are gearing up for the thanksgiving hustle and, like always, I sew best when I have a jillion other things I SHOULD be doing. I decided to follow this tutorial and make some crumb blocks (yes, I...
View Articleblack friday at accquilt
Hey guys! I know quite a few of you are familiar with my blog thru my accuquilt tutorials (Roly Poly Owl Block &Tumbler Ring). If you're in the market for some new stuff to go with your cutting...
View Articlebasketcase
I am sorry I forgot to post the giveaway winner. I have contacted her and am awaiting her response...it's Barbara at Nahtante Quilts (sorry I don't know how to make an umlaut over the a). We had a...
View ArticleThe $2.88 robe project.
This year I decided I wanted all of my kids to have bathrobes. I checked my trusty Land's End (I really hate shopping for clothes in real life). $35 each x 3 boys = YIKES! I made one robe for my...
View Article2013, here we go!
Hope everyone had a great Christmas & New Year. I didn't make my goal of having 3 quilts made...in fact I have not made one to completion. My machine started going crazy on me and my stitches...
View ArticleFirst 2013 Finish...Charming Crumby Stars!
While some may argue that an unbound quilt isn't truly a finish, I'm calling this one done. Whenever I know a lot of pointless waiting around is in my future, I stop binding quilts at home and make...
View Articlebasting & the mysteries of human behavior.
I woke up this morning and decided that today was a good day to baste this big honkin' Great Granny Square quilt. I went upstairs to my big ironing board to have more room only to realize that my...
View ArticleOne last thing...
Is it just me or is a densely quilted quilt a lot warmer? I have finished quilting my great granny quilt and now I just need to do the binding. I put loops between the sashing and the printed area....
View ArticleHow about a Round Robin?
I just wanted to let everyone know (in case you wanted to join in the fun) that I will be designing a row for Patchwork Posse's Round Robin. This year's theme is Winter Wonderland, and my creative...
View ArticleHave you seen this missing quilt?
I know this is a long shot, but one of my quilts has gone missing while it was not in my care and I would desperately like to be reunited with it. I poured a lot of love into this one and was planning...
View Articlejust a tiny bit...
I have gotten to a standstill on my son's Mississippi State quilt...need more fabric. Why is Kona Ash so hard to find in real life??? Looking for the Kona Ash (in Joann's) I decided to treat myself...
View ArticleY not?
I don't know if the rest of you are like me, but if I am about to go on a trip and needing to pack or clean, the logical step for me is to start a brand new quilt. I was looking at my little paper...
View ArticleAustralian awesome...or just too much?
Australian awesome... you know what I am talking about, right? I'm talking about those awesome quilts that are busy & full of unexpected choices that just somehow work. The kind of quilts you...
View ArticleA Finish & some thoughts..
Follow my blog with Bloglovin I have finished with this quilt for a while but the sunlight has been pretty terrible and I wanted to get gorgeous pictures. We went to a beautiful park this morning and...
View Articlemaking the move...
After google dumped piknik, I've been a little lost with photo editing. I decided with Google Reader shutting down, I would just go ahead and make the move to another feed reader before crunch time....
View ArticlePeter..not the cottontail variety
I have been enjoying reading the Bible passages about the Resurrection this week. We should think about it all year long but the flesh is weak so it's nice to have the reminder on the calendar to...
View ArticleDrugs are bad, y'all.
I was digging through my camera from February and saw this little gem I just had to share...it's a project my twins did for President's Day. I was so glad to have two kids in the class, because for...
View ArticleFinish: Seamstress Stars
I feel I am always apologizing for bad pictures. My sisters visited me this weekend and since the quilt was made for one of them, it went home. I had planned on taking some pics while we were at a...
View Articlesummertime blues.
Summer. My old enemy. I have been plugging along trying to get through the summer. With 3 kids home all day, a new puppy for my husband (that of course *I* get to potty train during the day), and the...
View Articleblog fatique
Looking on my post history, I seem to be cranking out blog posts at the whopping rate of one a quarter. I just haven't been interested in writing or reading blogs lately. So much felt so forced (buy...
View Articlepincushion kiss tutorial
I haven't been sewing a lot for a couple of reasons, not the leash of which was some pain in my arms caused by part sewing, part electronics. I was given the opportunity by accuquilt to try a new die...
View ArticleThe last finish.
I haven't posted in a while because my quilting time is very, very limited. I am still quilting, but just not with the regularity a blog needs to really thrive. I have a good great excuse...I am...
View ArticleAlmost there...
Haven't been here in a while and I am honestly surprised I figured out my password again. I am still in nursing school and I am officially halfway done. Every time I leave the hospital I am so...
View Articlevintage puppy love quilt
This quilt finally made it out of my head and into the real world. I got the puppy pillow fabric for a quarter at a thrift store and used the accuquilt apple core die for the rest. A lot of the...
View Articleon instagram...
I have not had time to read quilting blogs a lot in the last year or two. I joined instagram to keep up with my favorites...andie johnson, crazy mom, nannette merrill, and others. I am also posting...
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