This quilt ended up being a fairly large lap size and it took me awhile to hand stitch the binding, but thanks to the car ride down to Milwaukee, it is finished. Lots of plus quilts have been showing up…
Friday Finish: Courtyard Maze
A few months ago, I made a Courtyard Maze quilt using a jelly roll and matching charm pack. After seeing that post, someone mentioned that this pattern would be a good for scraps or stash. I realized it would be…
One More Old Favorite Finished
Blue and yellow quilts are always a favorite. Combine that with a traditional nine-patch and you get a classic beauty. This is one I’ve had in the binding pile for awhile and finally finished it on the drive home from…
DWM: 3 Sisters UFO
Last week when I browsed through some other quilters’ Stash Report blogs, I came across Kate’s from Life In Pieces. She tracks how many days she gets at least 15 minutes of sewing. I thought that was a great idea…
DWM: Scrappy Courtyard Maze
A few weeks ago on Design Wall Monday I showed this version of a Courtyard Maze quilt I was working on. That one was made with a charm pack and matching jelly roll. I received a comment that mentioned this…
Design Wall Monday: Rainbow Chevron
A stack of rainbow fat quarters in my fabric cupboard caught my eye a week or so ago and I started wondering what I could make with them. Then I remembered a quilt I drew in EQ7 that called for…
2016 Week 17 Stash Report and Recap
Yesterday I put the final stitches in the binding on this quilt. It was one of my UFOs for April and was made completely from stash. The pattern is a variation of the pattern Lemon Pepper by Madison Cottage Design…
On the Frame: Parson Gray Scrap Quilt
This quilt is the only one that’s been on the frame this week and it is really boring quilting—just straight lines. It’s a masculine quilt so feathers and curls wouldn’t look right. Early in April I decided to pick two…
Picking Up Where I Left Off
It has been a long time since I’ve done ANY sewing. It was the summer of walking and walk we did, but now it’s time to get back to business. When my husband Jim retired in July, he had never…
Everything But Sewing
My husband, Jim, retired July 10 and it has been a summer of major adjustment for me. For the past 35 years I have been used to him being gone from home for at least 12 hours five days a…
DWM: Sweet and Simple
My big design wall news is that I actually (finally!) have a design wall. In all my years of quilting I’ve always made do with whatever flat surface was available…mostly the floor. I have a small piece of batting hung in…
Mini Lotus Quilt Finished
Yesterday I finally managed to squeeze in some quality sewing time and finished this little quilt. During the quilt retreat Jen and I attended in March the woman sitting next to me was working on a mini Lotus quilt. I…