If a vacation ever turned out the way we planned it, I’d faint in surprise.  Saturday we got the house ready for my sister and her husband to come stay a few days.  The cleaning went smooth enough.  Later that morning I left to g

I finished quilting and binding one more baby quilt for the children’s hospital.           I don’t have any more in process or in need of quilting.  Time to move on to other projects.

My sister bought this Hungry Caterpillar kit from Keepsake Quilting and brought it with her on her visit.  She teaches kindergarten and likes to have bright, fun things on the walls.  We got it all together in a few hours yesterday. &n

I didn’t buy any fabric this week.  I used 3/8 yard for the journal cover and half a yard for the back of another baby quilt.  I didn’t make this top either, but I did agree to quilt it.  These charity baby quilts have been

The beginning of the journal cover with one empty corner waiting for a focal point.             Not my colors.  Not my style.  Not my usual materials.  But still from somewhere within m

I finished quilting and binding the baby quilt that covered the design bed a few weeks ago.          I also started gathering supplies and cutting fabric for the journal challenge in my art quilt group. &n

My machine quilter outdid herself and finished quilting my son’s quilt in less than a week.  One yard of extra backing fabric came back into stash.  I used a half-yard of fabric to make the binding.  I didn’t buy any fabric

We’re covering this technique first because it’s a good way to experiment with applying paint to fabric.  There are only two rules you need to remember.This is funYou cannot do it wrong.  Once you have those down, anything goes.

Quilt National is a contemporary art quilt exhibit that runs every other summer from late May through early September at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio.  Athens is also known for great hiking and canoeing in the scenic foothills of t

I’m grateful to have these blocks behind me.  I do not enjoy matching the points in the middle of pinwheel blocks.              I finished just in time.  The July block patte

We spent the weekend at Quilt National at the Dairy Barn in Athens, Ohio.  On our way down we had to stop at our favorite local shop, The Nelsonville Quilt Company.  I bought this panel and a coordinating print to add a border and binding.&

Back in January I rearranged my sewing room and couldn’t decide what to do for a cutting table.  I tried using what I had, but after cutting a few quilts by kneeling on the floor over a child’s play table, I broke down and bought a r

I finished piecing my son’s quilt.  I can’t wait to drop it off at the quilter’s and get it off the design bed.                 Now the design bed also

Let’s start with the good news.  I finished my son’s quilt top, using 5 1/8 yards.  I won’t count the backing as busted until I take the top to the long arm quilter.  Pictures will post on the Design Wall Monday repor

Do you sew over pins?  I’ve done it for years, but I’m trying to stop.  I broke two sewing machine needles this week by hitting pins.   You have to hit those pins dead on, but it does happen.  Last fall I broke a

I picked up a couple books at the library last weekend because they contained some attention grabbing ideas.  The first book is Portraits From Nature by Jean Wells.  She developed a technique of mounting small nature quilts on larger backgr