Eight weeks have gone by without a stash report. June and July have to be about the most unproductive months I’ve ever had quilting-wise. It seems like we’ve barely been home this summer and when we are here there are…
My Dilemma With Pre-Cuts
Do you use pre-cut fabric like layer cakes, jelly rolls or charm squares in your quilting? Heaven knows I have enough fabric that I don’t need to but they are really appealing! Most of my stash is more traditional fabric…
Quilt Top Finished Before Breakfast
Early Monday morning I was getting things ready to go to work and realized there was fabric in my bag I had taken to make a shop sample. Oops! I had completely forgotten about it. The pattern, Pristine, looked quick…
Quilts Beyond Borders 3, 4, 5 & 6 Finished!
I quilted two of these a week or so ago, but last Saturday I got busy and quilted the other two and sewed the bindings on all four. They are now ready to be shipped out and sent to their…
Weekend Wanderings: Northern Indiana
Each year my husband’s siblings get together for a week at Magician Lake near Dowagiac, Michigan. Typically everyone arrives on Sunday and stays until Thursday. This year we left home on Saturday morning and stayed overnight in Middlebury, Indiana before…
Sew Inspired: Quilting Friends
For some time I’ve been working on a series of posts on people who have inspired my quilting. Then when I heard about the recent death of Mary Ellen Hopkins who was a huge inspiration to me I decided to…