When it comes to quilting are you a perfectionist? If so, let me tell you, friend, perfectionism steals your joy. During my years of teaching, I saw so many quilters get frustrated because everything didn’t turn out perfectly. Points don’t…
Book Review: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
On Saturdays I will have some “sampler” posts that are not necessarily about quilting. It may be a recipe, what I’m currently watching or listening to, general musing, or like today, a book review. Today’s review is for A Book…
Wednesday Work in Progress: Mystery Quilt
The brick and mortar Patchwork Sampler shop offered dozens of mystery quilts over the years. So many, in fact, that I still have many mysteries in the UFO bins. In April I finished piecing a Debbie Caffrey mystery called Seams…
July OMG Stars Around the Garden
Stars Around the Garden is another UFO that has aged in the bin for quite awhile. It was a block of the month from the Patchwork Sampler brick and mortar shop. I like the quilt but like so many others,…
OMG January Finish
It was much harder than it should have been, but with ONE hour to spare I finished my January OMG project, Chip off the Old Block. Last week, my longarm died so I quilted this on my Juki. It has…
UFO Challenge and What’s In The Box Part 1
After I reread yesterday’s post, I thought maybe it was kind of a downer. Usually, I am a very positive person who is very enthusiastic about quilting and I’m always up for a challenge, especially a UFO challenge. For at…
UFO Update: Christmas Stars
While searching for UFO parts, I came across another one—Christmas Stars. This was a very pretty block of the month, block of the week or some other series quilt we kitted at the shop. The finished quilts I’ve seen from…
Dealing with January UFOs
There is a laundry basket beside my sewing table that holds about 30 UFOs. Last year I numbered them and drew two numbers each month and tried to complete them during the month. It worked pretty well and I finished…
Jen’s Quilt
This is the quilt Jen made on our retreat weekend a couple of weeks ago. She saw this on Pinterest awhile back and decided she wanted it for her bed. It took a lot of effort to find a print…
December OMG: Dazzling Stars
After falling short on my October goal (it is STILL not finished), I didn’t set one for November. I’m feeling optimistic for December though and am going to set a new goal. This one is a Glad Creations Design called…
September Recap and Stash Report
Very little sewing happened at my house in September and the outlook for October isn’t much better. I didn’t start a single new quilt and finished two. You would think that would translate into a reduction in stash, but I…
DWM: Woodlands
The weather has been too nice and too many fun things going on this weekend to spend much time in the sewing room. With temperatures in the mid-70s, low humidity and sunny skies, the weather has been glorious. Friday night…
