The brick and mortar Patchwork Sampler shop offered dozens of mystery quilts over the years. So many, in fact, that I still have many mysteries in the UFO bins. In April I finished piecing a Debbie Caffrey mystery called Seams…
Weekly Sewing Machine Maintenance
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Monday Motivation: Start Now
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain What was I thinking? I have a sign in my sewing room that reads “You can’t start over so start now.” It is a constant reminder that I cannot…
Tuesday Tip: Leftover Batting
A quilter’s dilemma—leftover batting There is almost always a strip of batting like this that is cut off the bottom after a top is quilted. What do you do with leftover batting? It is hard for me to throw away…
Monday Motivation Week 18, 2020
I am not afraid…I was born to do this. Joan of Arc Do you need a little Monday Motivation? Need…
Cathedral Squares Finished
It was almost seven years in the making, but Cathedral Squares is finally finished. Last night I machine sewed the binding the hand stitched it down today. I’m really happy with the way it turned out. The fabric is Mod…