Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
Megan’s Bone Enigma has been on my list for awhile. It doesn’t show up on any of my 26 Projects lists, because I hadn’t started cutting or sewing. It only shows up on my UFO Challenge list, because I have been wanting to make it for awhile and hadn’t quite gotten to it. I could … Continue reading “Finished: Megan’s Bone Enigma”
I made another Hackney. It is a gift for a friend. As you can, no doubt, see this one also uses the Timeless Treasures fabric that I used for the Skeleton Hackney. I talked about this one in another post. I am really liking the pink zipper, of which you just get a slight glimpse. … Continue reading “Finished: Hand Bone Hackney”
I finished another Flapper apron over the weekend. I call this the Duck Bones apron because one side has rubber duckies and the other bones. This will be for the YM’s partner. She is on a pathology course and really liked it when I included the bones fabric in a bag I made for her … Continue reading “Finished: Duck Bone Apron”
I actually finished 3 pillowcases over the weekend. These were the ones I had planned to make for a long time. They go with the Red Scribbles quilt. My SIL asked especially for pillowcases made from this bones fabric. I don’t usually make things to order, but felt like doing it. She may be surprised … Continue reading “Red Dot Bones Pillowcases”
I am trying to make a few gifts for Christmas and upcoming birthdays. Here is a pillowcase I made over the weekend for a friend of the Y.M.’s. The fabric is Robert Kaufman print that actually got reprinted. I asked a shop to email me if they ever got it again and they did! I … Continue reading “Bones Pillowcase”
If I haven’t done enough sewing this month, I blame my mom. 😉 I spent an entire day clearing out one of my mom’s storage units and consolidating all of her stuff into one unit. It was even stuffed, but I made her promise not to enter it after an earthquake. There are some teetering … Continue reading “26 Projects April 2026 #4”
At Sew Day, we started our fourth month of the UFO challenge. My list is thus far: Serendipity Lady – this month’s project Paris Cell Phone Wallet –done EPPic Rose Petrillo Bag Megan’s Bone Enigma–done – this project hasn’t been pulled, but I had to finish it to send it to a friend. Sheffield Sun … Continue reading “UFO Challenge Update”
I went out again to test sewing machines, this time with my own materials. It made such a difference! I was really able to test what the machines could do. Before I get into that, I highly recommend taking time to prepare you own samples to sew. I spent all the sewing time I had … Continue reading “Testing Sewing Machines”
After looking at all of the Enigmas, I decided to make more this year. I have been slowly working on two new Enigmas in between working on other projects. These are gifts, one of which will be sent off soon and the other is for later this year. I am ahead of the game to … Continue reading “New Enigmas”
Finished March 2026 Quilt Projects Patchwork Palooza -finished March 2026 Finished March 2026 Bags and Small Projects ->Finished 2026 Quilt Projects Gelato #2 Handbag Sampler Triumphant ->Finished 2026 Bags and Small Projects Diana’s Enigma Megan’s Bone Enigma Extra large project bag Pandora Charisma Paris Cell Phone Michaela’s Christmas Pillowcase Carrie’s Tadpole + Scissor Sheath Gerre’s Tadpole … Continue reading “26 Projects March 2026 #3”
When I sewed the Bone Enigma I followed the directions exactly with regard to rivets. The directions say to add rivets before assembly. The rivets can go anywhere, but I wanted to put them on the ends of the handle, just to reinforce it. It is at the stage of assembly shown in the photo … Continue reading “My Enigma Rivets”
One of our guild members offered to host a UFO Challenge. She had participated in one at another guild. I am all for members participating so I told her to go for it. She roped Friend Julie in to help, which I thought was a great idea. This is a Sew Day to Sew Day … Continue reading “Guild UFO Challenge”
Many of the donation blocks I made in August went towards the bones of this quilt. I really like these QST quilts and think I want to try one without the striped fabric. I didn’t have enough of any one stripe, so I used two different kinds.
I still haven’t glued the Mette Ring together. I wanted to see how it looked with all the legs. I like the way it looks, but it also shows that I am a little out of practice. I didn’t use the bone folder as much as I should have. I am working on another Mette … Continue reading “Thanksgiving Mette Ring”
2023 blog posts: 358 2023 fabric used: 58.63 (30% used for Charity) – I can really believe I have made all the items listed below with 25 yards of fabric! It really doesn’t take much fabric to make a quilt. To compare, take a look at the 2022 Year in Review post. Finished 2023 Quilt … Continue reading “2023 Year in Review”