Feb
28
2007
Last night I was cutting up scraps for one of the Happy Scrappy Houses wallhangings that I was thinking of doing and was inspired by an idea to make a statement with the houses. Of course, it’s not what I had *planned* to work on. LOL This project is on my WIP List but not [...]
Feb
27
2007
I needed a new quilt for my bed and I saw one that looked simple, quick and romantic in a quilt book. It was done in light shades of pinks with a few deep, darks thrown in. It looked sort of French Country. I decided to make it bigger so I needed to add some [...]
Feb
24
2007
Tonight I completely finished up the background piece for the Psalm 8 quilt. The top half & bottom half aren’t sewn to each other yet. I decided to leave them apart until after I’m done with the appliqué. I thought it might be easier to have them in 2 separate pieces. I’m going to appliqué [...]
Feb
23
2007
The really fun thing about working on 5 to 6 WIPs at a time is that when you start finishing them up, there’s a lot of finishes all at once. It makes me feel sooo productive! LOL I’ve finished up 6 WIPs in the last 4 days… Mom’s wallhanging A duplicate one for resale Scrappy [...]
Feb
21
2007
I have lots of pictures to share today. :) First, though, I heard from Mark early this morning while he was looking at my sick sewing machine. He said he’d call back to let me know what he found, but I never heard from him… not a good sign, I think. Here’s a picture of [...]
Feb
20
2007
Yesterday my trusty sewing machine quit on me. [sob, sob] I was working on finishing up the top for Mom’s wallhanging. It sews in place and in reverse. [sigh] I dragged the Brother 1500 off the machine quilting frame to finish up. I’ve never pieced with the Brother. I was surprised that it sews nicely [...]
Feb
18
2007
I managed to snap a few pictures from the local quilt show we attended yesterday. There were two appliquéd quilts that were beautiful–one captured Best of Show. (Pictures are clickable to see an enlarged view) On the left: Dian Lamb’s “Guardian Angel” First Place – Machine pieced & Machine quilted On the right: Lynda Caffey’s [...]