Jim was off work on Friday and it was supposed to be the nicest day of the three day weekend. We were trying to decide what to do to take advantage of a sunny day. There is still too much…
Making progress toward spring
If memory serves, today was the nicest day we’ve had here in Northeast Wisconsin since last November. The temperature was mid 40’s with sunny skies and no wind. Hopefully we’re heading in the right direction and will finally get rid…
Design Wall Monday-Scrappy Stars
My drawer of 2-1/2” strips is overflowing and I came across a pattern named Breezy Batiks on Moda’s website that uses lots and lots of 2-1/2” squares (pattern is here). I’m using all scraps for this quilt and making it…
2013 Week 12 Recap and Stash Update
This week I made progress on several projects but only had one finish. Last Monday I posted the Applique Affair project on Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times. This project has been hanging untouched in my sewing room for years. …
Pineapple Blossom Quilted
I loaded the Pineapple Blossom quilt on the frame but couldn’t decide how to quilt it. Lots of people have made this quilt so I did a Google image search to see if I could get any ideas on how…
Bonus Triangle Project
In an earlier post I mentioned an idea I had for using the bonus triangles leftover from my Pineapple Blossom quilt. I had 96 half-square triangles to use and came up with this. I debated whether or not to add…
