Over the weekend I finished piecing the center of Sunny Side Up and now it is ready for borders. I have a green and red homespun check for the second border and a red print for the outer (fourth) border…
Week 22, 2013: Stash Report and Recap
This week held the promise of lots of free time for sewing but several things came up and I ended up not getting nearly as much accomplished as I would have liked. The only quilt I finished was the scrappy…
One Mile Challenge: May 2013 Update
May was kind of a good news/bad news month as far as my personal challenge to sew one mile (1,760 yards) of fabric from my stash. The bad news is that I only finished four quilts. The good news is…
A Never Ending Job
Every once in awhile I have to make a committed effort to tame the scrap monster. No matter how many scrap quilts I make it seems like I end up with more scraps than I started with. I’ve had this…
Progress on Sunny Side Up
Judy at Patchwork Times recently had a quilt along for her Sunny Side Up quilt. I pulled fabric with every intent of sewing along but it just didn’t happen. This week I finally got busy on it and am very…
Design Wall Monday: Knowing when to quit
Two weeks ago these blocks were on my design wall and I was trying to decide which way to cut the striped fabric for the inner border (post here). This week the completed top is on the design wall (back…