Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
No joke,I have finished a few more projects. Finished 2021 Quilt Projects Pink Kaffe Quilt – finished March 2021 Red Scribbles – finished January 2021 Finished 2021 Small and Non-Quilt Projects This category covers bags, toys, aprons and knitting as well as other non-quilt projects. Altoid Tin Sewing Kits Bias Tape block Drawstring Bags Eye … Continue reading “26 Projects 2021 #3”
I originally wrote this to support Bay Area Modern‘s various swaps and activities. Once their new website was live, the blog was discontinued. I think this is a useful post (and not just because I wrote it!), so I decided to rewrite it, update it and post it here. Please note: I haven’t tried all … Continue reading “Small Gift Ideas”
In Austria the traditional greeting for the New Year is ‘Gute Rutsch’, which means good slide into the new year. I hope your slide out of 2020 and into 2021 was pleasant and happy. Thanks for reading. I look forward to another year of you reading my thoughts and posts about my projects. Articles, Media, … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2021 #1”
Welcome to week 5 million of S-i-P and working from home, playing at home, staring at the same people, staying home. I am joking. We are fine and it could be much worse for us. Thank heaven for sewing! Projects Join the Toledo Art Museum’s COVID-19 Virtual Quilting Bee by submitting a block of your … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2020 #8”
BOO! Happy Halloween! For those of you not celebrating, here is an action packed V&S for your reading pleasure. Media The Canva Color Wheel describes itself as making color combinations easy. I haven’t checked it out in detail. Let me know what you find out. Scientific American has an article on innovative and ancient uses … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2019 #11”
That paintbox fabric has been hanging around and I have not used it to make the set of sewing items for my mom as intended. I dug some out and made her a bag to replace one I made her several years ago that is becoming threadbare and dirty. I used the Jane Market Tote … Continue reading “Gift Post n.3”
One of the reasons I didn’t make more progress on En Provence over the Thanksgiving Weekend was that I needed to make a gift. The BAM Winter Extravaganza Palooza Party and Swap was yesterday. I had decided to participate, but sewing time was short, so I picked a pattern I knew well and devoted a … Continue reading “Gift Post #1 – 2017”
All of those year end lists will soon be out, including my year-end summing up. It’s been a few months since I did an inventory of my works in progress, so I thought this was a good time. Finished 2017 Quilt Projects Carpenter’s Wheel Down the Drain The Peacock Finished 2017 Non-Quilt Projects While finished … Continue reading “26 Projects – December 2017 Edition”
Books, Blocks, Patterns & Projects Modern quilt block library by AnneMarie of Gen X Quilters can be found on her block. Great and interesting block ideas. Have you seen Yuliya Reshetnikova’s work? I found her on IG and then went to her website to look around. Her website is in Russian, so it is a … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2017 #7”
Articles, Classes and Information The Fons & Porter TV show comes and goes on my local PBS station and it is currently available. I watched an episode the other night and the Memory Star block caught my attention. I was excited to share this project with you, because of the way they used the Flying … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #11 – early September 2015”
I don’t get to the Sew Days very often, but I am glad I went to the July Sew Day yesterday. I was a basting fiend (for me). I basted two projects that have been hanging around for a long time. This feels like a major step towards quilting and finishing them. Hooray. I don’t … Continue reading “BAMQG Sew Day”
You might have read my final analysis on making the second Petrillo Bag. I carried that bag around for several days and doing so made me think about making bags to actually carry around. You have probably noticed that I make a lot of bags. Mostly I give them away. There are only a few … Continue reading “Thinking About Bags”
Techniques, Tips & Tutorials I have talked about using French seams in pillow cases and gift bags. They really make the seams look nice. Perhaps I can use them on the free motion tote bag I haven’t yet made if I cut out the batting? I’ll have to see. Here is a tutorial that might … Continue reading “Various & Sundry #5- June 2014”
WOW! I have reached over 90,000 visitors to my blog! Not unique visitors (don’t have really sophisticated software monitoring), but people coming by to read. Thanks for reading! Special Notice! My mom, Mary Carroll, will be teaching a Color Class called COLOR MATTERS on March 22, 2013 at QUILTERS QUARTERS 4343 PACIFIC AVE., STOCKTON (209-462-0161). … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2013 #3”
Good-bye 2011! Hello 2012! I don’t care much about work except for the money it brings and the colleagues with whom I enjoy spending time. What matters to me is my sewing and quiltmaking. I have enjoyed 2011 and made some wonderful projects. Below is the 2011 inventory of the quilts, etc that I sewed … Continue reading “2011 WIP Report”