I didn’t buy or use any fabric this week.  I should have something to report next week once I make a little more progress on the happy blocks.  You can check out all the stash reports plus a free stashbusting pattern on Judy’s b

I’ve heard a lot about happy blocks around the web lately, so I did a search and found directions on MaryQuilts.  I thought my quilt group would have fun with these on workday so I made a few to try out the pattern.These may not be the hap

Look what I finished yesterday!      I’m very happy with how these turned out.

One of these weeks I’ll get my numbers going the right way….  I picked out these fabrics for month one of the Applewood Farms BOM.  I love the batik, but I took it out of a UFO bin, which means that using it here will leave me

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you’ll remember that I did a four week trial of getting up early every morning to sew.  I lost my momentum over the holidays, then it took me a few weeks to get back in the swing in January. 

I cleaned and pressed the four samples.  Sample one used mashed potato flakes.  The flakes absorbed a lot of paint and lightened the piece.  The fabric smelled like potato chips when I washed it out.  I don’t think I’l

I painted four more samples with lots of water.  I mixed red, brown and purple paints and tried a different absorbent on each one.  From right to left you see table salt, canning salt, urea and instant potato flakes.  I don’t kno

On the plus side, I didn’t buy any fabric.  I did, however, square up my sister’s quilt, which added another half yard to the stash.  Next time I’ll add the backing fabric when I buy it instead of using it right away and n

I reviewed Creating With Paint by Sherrill Kahn yesterday for help with the salting technique.  After reading what she included in the book, I think I need to use even more water and I’m going to try multiple kinds of salt.  Watch for

I wet the fabric more this time and used lighter colors.  I didn’t get the grainy mottled look I was going for, but got this veiny look instead.  It reminds me of marble.  I’ve had similar results adding salt to dyed fabric

I used 3/8 yard of fabric for my Art Quilt group baggie swap, and I didn’t buy any fabric this week.  The group meets at a quilt shop and I saw several fabrics I loved.  Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, I ran late that night and f

My Art Quilt group met last night for the first time since October.  The weather and the holidays forced us to cancel four meetings in a row.  Last night was a reschedule of the January meeting.  Because it wasn’t our normal meet

Here are the results from my first salt experiment painted in the house.  I mentioned I’m painting inside because it makes a big difference.  The fabric has less of the mottled blending except at the edges and on the ends.  I thi

I bought fabric for planned and ongoing projects yesterday at my local quilt shop’s Superbowl sale.  They had many items marked 20% off, but not everything.  I think half of what I bought was on sale.  I’m setting asid