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Quilting. . . and a Sticky Question
It begins here. I printed off a picture of my quilt, then took a fine-point sharpie to “quilt” in the designs I thought I would do. Then this happens. Over and over, on each…
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From Baskets to a Museum–more quilts in Utah
While visiting relatives in Utah, just before I tucked into the new semester of teaching (which would explain why I have been AWOL for a couple of weeks), my husband and I headed to…
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Totes (Like I Need Another One)
My mother used to have a stack of boxes back beside the freezer in the garage. They were mailing boxes, gift boxes, boxes to put your pet turtle in, and boxes that were there…
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Elaine’s Quilt Block–Salt Lake City, Utah
Whenever we go to Utah to visit relatives, I try to find a quilt shop to visit. Elaine’s Quilt Block quilt shop is very close to my sister-in-law’s house, which could be verrrry dangerous,…
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Saturday Check-in
We put the Four-In-Art Quilts up above my window in my sewing room. I like seeing them all lined up. I don’t really live in a jungle. It just looks like it from this…
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WIP–An Oldie, But Goodie
I made this for my youngest son’s college freshman dorm bed when he went off to school, lo these many years ago (now he’s married, has a job and is getting his masters). I…
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Bee Blocks & Winner of Project Folio
First, while my husband and I were watching Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway in Three Days of the Condor, I leaned over to him and said, “Give me a number between one and sixteen.”…
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Elizabeth’s Project Folio–Part III (Bringing it Home)
Elizabeth’s Project Folio, front and filled with my next project, a bag made of Keiko Goke fabric Elizabeth’s Project Folio, back Elizabeth’s Project Folio, interior of blue folio These are not only good for…
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Project Folio–Part II
This is part two of the tutorial for the Project Folio. Click *here* for part one. STEP TWO: Making the Front Vinyl Window The side (1 1/2″ wide) strips go on first, on the shorter…
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Project Portfolio Tutorial–Part I
A long time ago, in a foreign market, I bought zip portfolios to hold stuff. But they weren’t always quite right–too small, too rigid–for my projects, too wrong-sized. So I decided this summer to…
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Four-in-Art: Maps
The Four-in-Art group has chosen Urban as our overarching theme for this next year of quilts. We will reveal quilts on the first of November in 2013, and February, May and August of 2014.…
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Summer Giveaway Winners
You are all winners in my book–just take a look at all that was accomplished this summer! I’m generally terrible at picking winners; I personally LOATHE the random number generator, but don’t mind their…
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On the Occasion of an Anniversary
The Passionate Shepherd To His Love With apologies to Christopher Marlowe, 1592 Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That hills and vallies, dales and fields,…
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Summer Giveaway
So why a giveaway? Oh, I don’t know–it’s coming down to the end of summer, I picked up a couple of cute things at Long Beach Quilt Show, and why not? The top photo…
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This and That and a New Baby
While the rest of us have been having a summer, my son and his wife have been having a baby: they flew to Iowa (sweet corn country) to pick up their newest son, making…
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Faced Binding Tutorial
A faced binding is applied to the front of your quilt and is wrapped to the back. If done well, it can’t be seen at all from the front, allowing the last border of…
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Congruence, Deconstructed
Our reveal for the fourth challenge quilt in our art group, Four-in-Art Quilters, was yesterday and today I’ll tell you how it came together. I first started by looking a what seemed like billions…
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Congruence, a Four-in-Art Challenge Quilt
Congruence, #4 in the Four-in-Art Nature series In one of Mary Oliver’s poem, “Praise,” she watches an owl “as it flies over the water” with its “heart-shaped face,” hunting down “some little life. . .…
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Amish With a Twist 2–progress
Today I’m all caught up with my Amish With A Twist-2 Block of the Month program with the completion of these four, plus the components shown below. I think these will eventually become part…
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Retreating from the World, Quilt-style
Last weekend, along with a ton of other quilters in various locations, countries and states, my small sewing group (named The Good Heart Quilters) had their second annual retreat. First off, a little game:…
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Design Wall Recover, In Progress Quilts
Linking up to Lee’s Freshly Pieced with this post. First up, re-cover my pin wall. (1) How I built my pin wall: 2 sheets of 1/2″ foam core art board taped side by side,…
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Citrus
Citrus, 31-1/2″ square, finished July 2013 This is a simple Schnibbles quilt, with rail fence and sawtooth star blocks, in bright citrusy colors. The back, with my sister’s gift of a tea towel as…
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Latest Schnibbles is Taking Shape
This is the Schnibbles pattern chosen for this month’s Parade of Schnibbles, hosted by Sherri and Sinta, a design called Lincoln. While I love the red, cream and blue and it is appropriate for…
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Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3 Goals
It’s that time again, time to set out some goals for the next quarter. The rules state that they have to be projects that you need to finish, and since I’ve been laid up…
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Owls
Our Four-in-Art theme this round is Owls, under the year-long theme of Nature. When Betty chose it, I went blank. Then she wrote about it, I did a search on Flickr, and ideas starting…
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Wanna Swap?
My little quilt group, The Good Heart Quilters, is having our annual retreat, and has decided to do Debbie’s Polaroid Block Swap. But we wouldn’t mind if a few of you wanted to play.…
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Amish With A Twist Progress
I’ve been working on the Amish With A Twist, Series Two, and I’m happy to say I am all caught up now. Above is Flying Geese. Bowtie was next. Rolling Stone, and I while…
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