Quilting category

  • #49 – Last Row

    Despite being down with an awful head cold I managed to sew on the last five rows of my quilt between naps. Then we were instructed to trim off all our thread ends. Now there is a tedious project. Not...
    Feb 18, 2010 No Comments

  • #44 – It’s the little things

    like getting my quilt pieces to line up perfectly, that make my day…. Handmade 365 2010- My goal is to spend time everyday working on something handmade for a year & photograph it. If you ...
    Feb 13, 2010 No Comments

  • #42 – Quilt Layout

    It took me forever this afternoon to figure out how to layout my quilt strips so that no fabric was on top of itself. I tried to not have them touch corners either but that was impossible. But I final...
    Feb 11, 2010 4 Comments

  • #39 – Quilt Strips

    Today we entered week three of the On To Road To Spring Quilt Along. This week we’ll sew our quilt tops together. I spent a few hours this afternoon piecing together my first strips. It was easi...
    Feb 08, 2010 1 Comment

  • #37 – Another 100 Quilt Squares

    Today I cut the 100 squares from the “plain” fabric for my first quilt. We were told to buy 2 yards of this fabric. I found that amount a little hard to deal with when squaring & cutt...
    Feb 06, 2010 1 Comment

  • #36 – Quilt Squares

    I spent a good chunk of today ironing fabric & then cutting out the squares for my first quilt. I found this really stressful. I’m not particularly good with the rotary cutter. I have probl...
    Feb 05, 2010 3 Comments

  • #34 – First Quilt Fabric

    Last week my cousin told me she was joining an online quilt along at I Have to Say. I’ve been wanting to learn to quilt for a coupe of years now so figured I’d join in too. It’ll be ...
    Feb 03, 2010 2 Comments

  • Equal opportunity crafter

    Been doing a bit of traveling from one coast to the other. Quite tied of planes an airports after flying for 4 days straight last week but it did give me some good crafting time…I’m on th...
    Jun 12, 2007 8 Comments

  • Ohio Star

    Yesterday I had one of those great Saturdays when you’ve got no errands to run & nothing on the schedule which I haven’t had in quite awhile. The weather was gray and drizzly (San Fr...
    Jun 03, 2007 7 Comments

  • lookie lookie

    At all the fun stuff I got…New books Matt bought me with his Amazon credit, what a good husband!And my quilting kit cameThis picture doesn’t really show you how beautiful all these fabrics...
    May 18, 2007 6 Comments