Part 1: We have a doctor in the house! On Friday afternoon our son Bryan donned tam, gown and hood: snapped a few pictures outside the Milwaukee Theater: (Bryan) (Bryan and his wife, Laura) (Jim, Laura, Bryan and me) (Laura’s…
How Did I Forget This?
Still not much sewing going on around here but I was looking through some pictures and came across this. How could I forget this quilt? There was just a bit of binding left to finish and now it’s DONE! So,…
Way More Work Than It Should Have Been
Did you ever have a project where it seemed that something went wrong every step of the way? Well that is this project for me. The quilt is called Porch Swing from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties. Since it uses…
A Little Tumbler Top
This little tumbler quilt was something I put together quickly between more challenging projects. It’s cut from two Miss Kate charm packs and will end up a nice size for a baby quilt. I have a coordinating fabric that will…
40 Yard Dash
It was so fun owning a quilt shop. Like most shop owners I got into it because I love fabric and every day the UPS man would deliver boxes and boxes of beautiful fabric. In all those years I think…
Other People’s Quilts
It was a long winter and here it is almost the end of April and I have yet to finish a quilt for myself this year. For over 25 years I have been quite prolific and finished lots of quilts but not…