The days grow shorter.  Today we have balmy weather and tomorrow frost.  My body craves sleep in response to sunless gray skies.  I look at my paints.  I unfold a finished quilt top.  I open a box and touch all the UFOs insid

I made what I think is the last of these for now.           I’ve had a few comments from readers interested in making one.  The book is called It’s a Wrap:  Sewing Fabric Purses, Bask

Only nine more weeks left this year?  The holidays must be just around the corner.  I didn’t buy any fabric this week.  I went to the quilt shop and Joann’s, but only walked out with thread.  I used 3/8 yard of fabric

I finished making the October blocks today.  They sewed up much easier than the September blocks.           Next comes lots of pieced sashing.  This could take a while. 

I finished the September blocks.          To say these gave me a hard time would be an understatement.  They both came out a little too big.  I didn’t square them because I may remake them. 

Today we’ll do a more complicated two-color stencil.  You will need freezer paper, a Pigma pen, fabric, paint, a Styrofoam plate and a stencil brush.  First, trace your design onto freezer paper with a Pigma pen.  I use Pigma pen

I’m sewing but I’m not finishing anything.  It’s like stockpiling your busts for another day.  I bought a half yard of fabric to use in the October Applewood Farm block.  I depleted my oranges making my son’s qu

Do you use the same style of fabric in most your quilts?  I know I do.  I favor tone on tone fabrics and subtle prints that read as solids.  Sometimes I use novelty prints in baby quilts or theme prints in holiday quilts, but you&rsquo

Here’s one more finish from retreat.  I couldn't get the whole top in the picture, but you get the idea.                      It needs

I did not buy any fabric this week.  I finished a few projects at retreat this weekend.  My sister’s kit took a quarter yard for the binding and hanging tabs.             &nb

This is what I planned to take to retreat.           This is most of what I’m taking.  The Retro Charm quilt is still hanging on the design wall.  The Fig & Plum kit is under the big pi

I have enough done to give the general idea of the center of the quilt.              The top four rows are sewn together, and the blocks are sewn in the last three rows.  The sashi

I finished prepping this block for appliqué last night.            I didn’t get it done over the weekend.  Monday at lunch I sat in the man van and wished I had some handwork. 

Really?  Week 40?  We went to the sale at The Quilt Patch in Tecumseh today.  I showed remarkable restraint and only purchased 1.25 yards.              The polka dot will be t

I don’t remember when I started appliquéing this block.  I finished it this afternoon.               Prepping another block moved to the top spot on my weekend sewing