Thanks to everyone for saying nice things about my restraint.  This week my local quilt shop had their annual sale.  Muslin was 40% off.  I dye and paint fabric.  Can you see where this is going?  Seven yards of excellent qua

Three months ago I mentioned a picture challenge I’m doing with four friends.  One person picked this picture, and each person interprets it in a small art quilt.  We swap the quilts every three months, then start again with a new pic

After way too much tweaking, I decided on the final design.                   The original pattern, designed by Marti Michell, appeared in American Patchwork and Qui

And the winner is…..           The fish fabric!  I’ll post a picture of the pattern later this week, after I change the colors to match the fish fabric and  make a final pattern deci

I made the blocks for my quilt group (shown in yesterday’s post) and made the gift bag Monday at quilt group.  I didn’t buy any fabric this week.  Last week Lori poked fun at my teeny weenie numbers compared to all the other sta

For the past week I’ve found myself in the kind of funk that makes walking into the sewing room a struggle, and creating anything an impossible task.  I have no idea what brought it on, but it had to go.  I think the best way to get r

We made gift bags as part of the program at quilt group Monday night.           The pattern called for ribbon handles, but I decided to leave them off for now.  I put two paperback books inside the ba

I didn’t add any fabric this week.  I used a half-yard for the back of this baby quilt.  A quilt group member gave me the top to quilt up and donate to the Children’s Hospital.  Don’t mind the white paper squares and

I didn’t forget about this project.  Honest!  It did go through a bit of a transformation though.  After talking to a quilting friend and twisting her arm a little, we decided to each make a quilt pattern outside our comfort zone

While making all those clothesline hotpads, I couldn’t help but wonder if I could adapt the technique for use in art quilts.  What if I wrapped the fabric strips around wire or pipecleaners?  I had to try both.  The fabric wrappe

One block finished.         Another block started.         I’m on a roll!

In response to my post about how I’ve never used Asian fabrics, Wendee sent me some of her unwanted stash.                I love these fabrics!  Silly me for never looki