I just received my first Christmas fabric for 2012. It’s called Blitzen by Basic Grey. I just love it! It has some red, white, mint green, pear green, aqua and of course grey. I have a fat quarter pack and…
On a stashbusting roll
A few days before quilt market a customer called Keep Me In Stitches to tell us to look for Villa Rosa patterns while we were there. She had recently picked up a couple of them and thought they would be…
Thread decisions
This week I did quite a bit of quilting. It’s always a dilemma when I have a top that’s either black or white with other colors. I’m unsure of what color of thread to use for the quilting when I…
Just Can’t Get Into Solid Quilts
I was working at the quilt shop the other day and picked up a book on “modern” quilts. I don’t really understand these modern quilts because many of the designs are boringly simple and the workmanship is extremely poor. This…
Less Work, More Play Weekend
About 10:00 yesterday morning Jim decided he’d like to go down to Milwaukee and do a little biking. I say “little biking” because that’s all I can do. Jim just loves to bike and could go all day but my…
Final UFO Finish for 2011
This little quilt has been a UFO since before last Christmas. It’s one I found in the basket of UFO’s in my sewing room and since it was supposed to be a Christmas quilt it seemed appropriate to try to…