I have been doing a lot of sewing this weekend – what else is there to do really? Housework? Well, I guess … but quilting always wins over that if I have anything to say about it. I have enough of my Step Blocks (I decided to name them) to make both quilt layouts that… Read More »
The last few weeks have been stressful, what with being home 24/7, worrying about family, friends, community, country and indeed the world – why worry on a small scale when you can go big, right? Luckily we are both able to work from home and and so far haven’t been laid off. We are slowly… Read More »
I finished two quilts yesterday! One with machine binding on both the front and back and one sewing the binding to the front of the quilt and hand sewing it to the back of the quilt. This DOUBLES my UFO finishes from 2 to 4 for the year (plus one non UFO finish)! Not very… Read More »
We found out about an online auction two weeks ago. The auction was for a TV series called Anne with an E based on the 1901 novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery called Anne of Green Gables. I read the book growing up and it’s many sequels grown up and absolutely loved it. So when I… Read More »
Posting about this, this morning, to motive myself to quilt this top today: It’s mostly sitting down and getting it done. It isn’t a big project. This top is made from 9 of Bonnie Hunter’s Idaho Square Dance blocks leftover from making this quilt (somehow I had made an extra row!?!?): A little bit of… Read More »
I wanted to sew something bright and cheerful and straight forward. So I found a bright fat quarter from my stash that I am almost certain I picked up from the guild’s scrap box. Then I searched my scraps and stash for the colours in the print on that fat quarter. I found pretty good… Read More »
At long last Stars in the Darkening Sky is a finish. We quilted it at Whirls n Swirls and used a wool batting. I finished it off with a scrappy binding and even managed to find some of the fabric from the star points to use for this! This is my second UFO finish for… Read More »
I’m happy that my Starstruck quilt is finally finished! About time! This one is going on the wall in my sewing room! I just love how the colours glow against the black background! There isn’t a lot of wall space in the room as I have shelves up so I’m hoping this will just fit… Read More »
Marc and I spent a few hours at our local long arm quilting studio yesterday morning quilting Cinema at Seven. This was started in March 2016 and has been a top since April of that year. I’ve had the backing for a few years but it just never had been quilted. I was intimidated by… Read More »