Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
Here is your first glimpse of the FOTY 2010 patches. I have pressed a lot of fabric, but haven’t cut it yet. Many of the patches in this photo have been on my design wall for awhile. I have been moving them around so I can see how they look in different arrangements. It is … Continue reading “First Glimpse of FOTY 2010”
Pretty Little Mini Quilts by Ray Hemachandra My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was sent to me for free by Lark Books unsolicited. I was pretty excited to receive it! It is part of the Pretty Little Series, which also includes another book about pillows. The ‘mini’ part of the title is defined, … Continue reading “Book Review: Pretty Little Mini Quilts”
As you might have noticed, I visited Portland last week. I am off of my January and October schedule, because of work. However, I finished my contract last week and have a little time off. Again, I took my mom so she could have a rest from her caregiving duties. We drove up, spent the … Continue reading “More Travel to Portland”
Admin I updated the gifts post as I received something recently. I also updated the Color Strip & Chunk donation top page. I have made 16 of these tops! Tools, Books, Fabric, Notions & Supplies It is so much easier to open a zipper on one of my bags when I attach a zipper pull. … Continue reading “Various & Sundry 2024 #1”
I am just back from Portland where I went for a few days to relax and see friends. I also went to my favorite quilts shops and stocked up a bit. Mostly, I bought fabrics for future projects and some gifts. After having lunch with my friend Amanda, I went to Cool Cottons. It is … Continue reading “New Fabrics”
I saw an article about Christmas coming up fast. That article and the gift bags I made for birthdays recently reminded me that it was time to encourage all of you to make gift bags! I updated the tutorial and am reposting it here. I love using fabric gift bags for all types of gifts … Continue reading “Gift Bag Reminder”
I love using fabric gift bags for all types of gifts – birthdays, Christmas, graduations, weddings. Besides the fact that I intensely dislike wrapping gifts with paper, the fabric feels so much nicer in my hands. For Christmas, or other specialty holidays, I also get to sew with the new and beautiful fabrics each year … Continue reading “Tutorial: Fabric Gift Bags”
Carina Gardner’s Simply Modern Patchwork Quilts: 12 Posy Garden Quilts and Sewing Projects for the Beginning Quilter by Carina Gardner I received this book for free as an affiliate of Creative Fabrica. It is a self-published ebook, which you can find on the Creative Fabrica site. I was able to download it as a PDF, … Continue reading “Book Review: Simply Modern Patchwork Quilts”
Once again, I am posting a gift bag tutorial to encourage you to forego paper wrapping and wrap your gifts in reusable gift bags. As a reminder, if you do not celebrate Christmas or another gift giving winter holiday, you can still make gift bags for birthdays, graduations, weddings and for giving quilts to people. … Continue reading “Reminder: Gift Bags”
I know these tutorials are taking forever, but they also take a long time to write. Doing them in smaller chunks fits my schedule better. Hopefully, the smaller chunks makes the bag more doable as well. Today we are going to make the Clippy Pockets (type 1) used on the sides of the small, interior … Continue reading “UCAB Small Front Pocket Tutorial pt.2”
After 18 months, I am on the road again. I drove almost 1000 miles north to see my YM who has had two bouts of non-COVID illness in the last month. I needed to see him for myself – see that he was getting well, see that he was taking care of himself. Since he … Continue reading “Sew Creative – Ashland, Ore”
I finally got Frolic! back from Colleen as well. I checked and it has been about a year since I finished the top. Colleen said she was horrified to realize that she had had the top since September. I don’t really remember, though I know, because of the pandemic, that I probably didn’t take it … Continue reading “Frolic! Finally”
Sew Gifts!: 25 Handmade Gift Ideas from Top Designers by That Patchwork Place I wanted to read this book for a long time. I finally borrowed it from the library and found that the projects were all made from very appealing fabric combinations. Also, the photography was very appealing. There are several interesting projects. I … Continue reading “Book Review: Sew Gifts!”
I recently saw a post by Jolene over at Blue Elephant Stitches called The Secrets of My Fabric Stash. I thought she had a good idea and I am always looking for content, so I am writing a similar post. I did change the name of the post, though I wanted to have a link … Continue reading “The Secrets of My Fabric”
For the first time during the pandemic, I ordered take-out online, went and got and took it to a friend’s house where we ate on their deck. I had a specific time I had to pick up the food. I left the house, ran some errands and then went to the restaurant. I was 15 … Continue reading “Pandemic Tile”