Spend a little time this afternoon working on piecing my sister’s quilt together (in between doing laundry & making beet gelato). Right now the quilt top is about 1/3rd done. I’m reth... Jun 01, 2010 - 1 Comment
Because I’m trying a new technique (to me) filling in the floor petals is taking a long time. I’m not sure if this is going to work out but I like it so far. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is ... May 28, 2010 - 1 Comment
I put the squirrel pillow down when I couldn’t figure out the best way to fill in the flower petals. I decide to give it another try this evening & I think I may have figured a way out. We&... May 27, 2010 - No Comments
With all the other quilts I’ve made the fabric blocks have all been the same size in at least one direction. This made for pretty easy piecing as I could just sew rows together & then attac... May 25, 2010 - No Comments
I found this cute little cotton peasant shirt at Target this weekend. I liked everything about it except that it had elastic in the hem. I’m sorry but if you are not a rail thing thing a shirt t... May 24, 2010 - 5 Comments
141/365 – The first three strips of my sister’s quilt are done. Since I’m using 4″ x 4″ squares to make a 5′ x 5′ quilt its going to take a lot of sewing. Ha... May 21, 2010 - 1 Comment
139/365 I have all the squares piled by row & a photo to follow if things get messed up so I’m ready to start sewing my sister’s quilt together. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend... May 19, 2010 - No Comments
I thought I only had one side of The Girlie Quilt left to hand sew the binding but tonight I discovered I actually had two…sigh. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on s... May 18, 2010 - No Comments
Yesterday I showed you the grid I wrote up to lay out the quilt squares. Today I assigned each fabric a number & laid them out according to the grid. Once laid out I’ll move anything I̵... May 17, 2010 - 1 Comment
When I made my first quilt the tutorial had a pick squares from a bag so the layout would be totally random. I found with this method I had to spend a lot of time moving the squares around to get it t... May 16, 2010 - No Comments
