Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
Mary-Jeanine kindly allowed me to post her quilt, Polka Dotted Happiness, here at Artquiltmaker. Isn’t that the perfect description of polka dots? I will use this as an incentive to get back to the Pineapple. Mary-Jeanine is the person that sent me a Christmas bag. I wrote about her bag a few days ago. Mary-Jeanine … Continue reading “Polka Dotted Happiness”
After magnificiently struggling with the layout for the Bullseye, I believe I have settled on a shape I can live with and one that is successful. The difference between this and the others I have done is that the ‘knots’ I have created are self contained. I keep thinking of them as Lovers’ Knots, but … Continue reading “Towards Final Bullseye Arrangement”
Some of the fabrics came from eQuilter. Once again I was annoyed to see that I already have the pink dots. Something about their site makes the fabric look different. Oh well, at least it isn’t brown. I can use the pink, but I would like to get something new for a change. The Basix … Continue reading “New Online Fabrics”
The Quilter’s Companion: The Complete Guide to Machine and Hand Quilting by Katharine Guerrier My review on Goodreads Deirdre (http://www.deirdreabbotts.com/… sent this book to me as a byproduct of clearing out her studio. The subtitle kind of says it all about the content of the book, but it doesn’t tell you what great photos the … Continue reading “Book Review: The Quilter’s Companion”
Normally, I like to give my posts their day in the sun – the one time in their life when you will see them and only them first. Today isn’t one of those kind of days. A few days ago, I was lamenting the fact that I hadn’t been doing anything sewing related lately except … Continue reading “I Didn’t Realize I Did Do Something!”
I had resolved to look at all of the Pineapple blocks yesterday in order to see how many I need to remake in order make progress on the Pineapples. It has been kind of a Pineapple disaster couple of weeks and I wanted to get back to it. But, I didn’t. Instead I worked on … Continue reading “Two Bag Day”
I have been trying all week to get a few free moments to show you some pictures. I am off on a trip tomorrow and don’t know if I will get to posting until the first weekend in March, which is why I want to post! These are the retail therapy fabrics that I bought. … Continue reading “Moving Right Along”
The Chocolate Box quilt, which I talked about in the post about the retreat is what is discussed in Judy Martin‘s February 2008 newsletter. Kristin, one of her readers writes: “I agree that there is nothing wrong with fast quilts. In fact, in the past after completing a challenging project, I would often use a … Continue reading “Mind Sorbet”
The Pineapple Pity Party is over. It was good for me to write that post yesterday, because it was like a kick in the pants. As I was finishing the post, I started to think that it wouldn’t be that big of a deal to see what I was facing and possibly make a few … Continue reading “PPP is Over”
I am at loose ends right at the moment…bored actually. This is a new feeling for me as I usually have a zillion things to do and am running around doing them. It is not that I don’t have a zillion things to do, it is that I don’t feel like doing them. Part of … Continue reading “Tsukineko Inks”
Often, I work almost all the time at one of my two jobs or dealing with other non-paid work type tasks. This past weekend, I threw it all aside, took Friday-most of Sunday off and went to a quilt retreat! Hooray! It was great! I spent Friday night, Saturday and a few hours on Sunday … Continue reading “Quiltmaking By the Sea”
How lucky am I ? I got a blog post all about me, except for the little bit about Jake. Kristen is the best. Thanks, dear! clipped from ardentpeace.blogspot.com Happy Birthday, Jake and Jaye Today is also Jaye’s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JAYE!!!! i met jaye on a fabulous quilting yahoogroup about 7 years ago … Continue reading “Birthday Wishes!”
It was very interesting to scan this visual journaling image, because I wanted it to be big so you could see it. I scanned the entire page (from my journal) at 600 dpi and that was too big! It was interesting, however, because I could see the strokes of my pen and that was cool … Continue reading “Another Post on Various and Sundry”
Once again, in 2007, I have been sewing and making progress. I thought I would, again, inventory my UFOs and see if I made any progress since my previous roundup post of December 27, 2006. But first, I want to tout my accomplishments. 😉 Completed Pieces in 2007 Nosegay: binding still needs to be hand … Continue reading “2007 UFO Report”
Houseguests are gone, I have a few more days off, so I am back in the blog saddle. I have lots to show and talk about, but I will try and break it up into manageable bites. At the beginning of November, I promised a report on my new iron. It is has been weighing … Continue reading “Pressing Matters”