The new furniture came last Thursday.  We were more excited than kids at Christmas.  Our old furniture had passed its useful life about ten years ago, when our son was at the age where he wiped his gooey hands and snotty nose on whatever wa

  The book is “Patchwork Puzzle Balls”, by Jinny Beyers, and this is the ball I finished last night.  The project was chosen on a whim.  I was at the library browsing the books in the quilting and sewing sections

After a longer than necessary search, I found the article on page 21 of the September 2006 issue of Quilting Arts magazine.  It was called “Sun Prints with Tissue Paper” by Karen Eckmeier.  Her quilt is also on the cover. 

I planned to post about various quilting topics, but it feels too trivial now.    I just got off the phone with my sister in San Diego.  Her and her husband, as well as their home, are safe.  At one point her home was entirely sur

This blog has been up a month now.  Thanks to everyone for stopping by and looking.  I hope you take something positive away with you -  an idea, a smile or a bit of information.  Quilting is all about sharing, so please feel

I was looking for my paint rag the other day and found this.  A couple years ago, I bought some bleeding art tissue to try a technique from Quilting Arts Magazine.  I didn’t spend much time playing with it then, but I have been thinki

After getting close with the last sample, I jumped right in and did another one.  The combo was freezer paper stencils, stencil brush, paint and textured fabric.  One sample is white on white; the other is cream on cream.  The results

This is the resist sample – washed, dried and heat set.  The glue gave the cleanest outline, but I think the sample contains residual glue.  The fabric is slightly discolored and stiff, although it barely shows in the picture.&nb

I’ve started the next sample with various resists.  Here’s what I used.  The school glue is nothing special, but it does wash out.  I picked it up at WalMart for fifteen cents, making it the cheapest quilting supply ever.&n

Now that I’m caught up on my swap blocks, I want to stay that way.  So I sat down over the weekend with this pile of scraps and the theme for the month:  pine trees, but not Christmas trees.  Once again, the block pattern came fr

Judy L. issued a challenge to design a quilt with the block of her choosing.  I sat down with EQ6 today and came up with these designs. I played with the block colorations and let the symmetry tool do the rest.  I’ve been collect

When I started painting fabric, I never had a result in mind.  I’d cut a stack of fat quarters, grab my paints and start playing.  I learned what I liked and how to get it, but more importantly, I had FUN.  I accumulated quite a

Last night was one of my quilt group meetings.  We are doing “membership quilts”, meaning each member chooses what block she wants all the other members to make for her.  I’ve also seen this called a “she gets what s

I got back from retreat early this afternoon, and spent the rest of the day putting everything away and getting ready for the coming week.  Everyone had a great time, but with close to record highs, no one sat outside to quilt.    I tr

I am leaving today for a weekend quilt retreat at a local church camp.  If you have never gone to a quilt retreat, you are missing out on something special.  I can’t begin to describe how much fun these are and how much sewing and qui

When making the snow girl block for the round robin, I had an unusual experience with fusible web.  I cut out and fused the pieces to the background, then let the block sit overnight.  I planned to take it to work the next day to start the

The package that came in the mail contained a large snowman block (fused), with blanket stitch appliqué.  The block was rectangular, twenty-something by twenty-something.  I did not post a picture because I did not have permission (m