Last night was art quilt group.  We all brought in our circle projects and passed them around.  Most of the quilts were journal size or a little larger and had lots of decorative stitching.  My favorite project was a piece the size of

There’s not much fabric painting going on around here lately.  This time of year it’s hard to find time to take a breath, relax, and do things we enjoy.  I usually lose my sewing room/guest bedroom to actual guests during the ho

Today is the last of four days off from work.  In all that time you’d think I would have quilted up a storm.  Instead, I spent precious little time in the sewing room.Maybe it was because I was distracted by this  or this. 

Yesterday was a holiday here in the US intended to be a time to give thanks.  We don’t make it a big family event anymore.  My family is scattered across the country.  Most of my husband’s family is within driving distance,

I spread out all the strippy blocks tonight to see how they play together.  There are almost enough blocks for a twin size quilt or half of what’s needed for a full size quilt.   I’ve used about half the strips from my scra

  “Mastering the Art of McTavishing” finally came in at the library.  I picked it up on my way home from work, but haven’t had a chance to look at it or play at the machine.  The top is ready to baste and I’m re

About six weeks ago I shopped for border fabrics at a local quilt shop.  I bought two pieces of fabric, one that has already been used to border a quilt (fabric on left) and one that hasn’t (fabric on right).  The finished t

Someone said to me the other day, “I’m just not creative.”  Shame on her!  Of course she is creative.  Life itself is an act of creative self-expression.  How can any person living their life NOT be creative?&nbs

I forgot my camera on quilt group workday, but I remembered it last night for the November meeting.  Here are pictures of two of the quilts going to the Christmas Cheer program.  The group is donating a total of six quilts.  Pretty goo

First, my apologies to everyone that reads as I had some kind of mix-up with the posts.  I THOUGHT I was posting every other day, but a whole week’s worth didn’t make it to the blog.  I have corrected the problem and will start

Quilting the tree branch quilt right away sounded like a good idea.  I looked through three quilting design books and couldn’t come up with one that looked good.  After that I started sketching, but I still didn’t find a design

I had so much fun making the strippy pine trees that I decided to make the first charity quilt out of strippy blocks.  Each block will have a red center like the heartstring project blocks.  I spent an hour or so going through my scraps, an

Fall is my favorite time of year.  I know I’ve already mentioned the beautiful weather here lately, but it’s worth repeating.  With cloudless blue skies framing the warm autumn colors of the trees, inspiration comes naturally.&n

We are having incredibly beautiful weather here for this time of year.  It was the perfect opportunity to get outside one more time with fabric paints while it was still warm and sunny.Here’s the new trial with bleeding tissue paper.&

I have a problem…….Most quilters, unless they’re new to quilting, have the same problem.  I have too much stash.  I try to stay out of the quilt shops unless I need something to finish a project, but the fates work again