May 18 2009
I needed some buttons for 2 projects I was working on the other day so I unearthed some jars of buttons that were hidden away in a tub in the closet. There were several jars of buttons with all the different styles & colors mixed together. I was looking for something in green or purple. [...]
May 14 2009
Well, not really. I’m away from the computer again to house sit which is kind of like a retreat because I can sit and sew–except I’m the only one there. I’ll be gone until the end of the month. I have a few posts scheduled to publish while I’m gone. Don’t be shy about leaving [...]
May 13 2009
I fell behind on my goal of 10 hexagon flowers a week for Field of Flowers but am now caught up to where I should be. I’ll have to make another goal for sewing so many flowers together every week or resign myself to the fact that this top will take more than a year [...]
May 11 2009
I’m Not Martha is a quilt that I challenged myself to put together for as little money as possible. I managed to pull together enough fabrics for the 42 full hexagon diamonds and 8 half diamonds from my meager stash & swap & purchase the rest on sale for about $37. I’ll make the backing [...]
May 08 2009
On the wall opposite my design wall is this: My inspiration board looks a little bare, don’t you think? Not that I haven’t been inspired lately to be creative. . . My goal for this though was to be filled with a bit more than family photos. I want to fill it with notes and [...]
May 07 2009
I thought that perhaps by posting a photo of my design wall once a month I could shame motivate myself to do something more with the projects that are currently hanging out there. . . The cast of characters. . . The hexagon diamonds on the top left belong to I’m Not Martha. The Drunkard’s [...]
May 06 2009
This is a photo of my contribution to the Inklingo Projects Blog Giveaway called Welcome Spring! Naturally my sample isn’t finished yet — I need to quilt & bind it. I hand pieced mine, but this can easily be sewn by machine. I’ve sewn some of the Inklingo Drunkard’s Path curves by machine for another [...]
