Blog Index

  • First WIP Post of Summer 2013

    It’s the first post of summer–the first Works In Progress post, thanks to Lee, of Freshly Pieced. I put together the sections for the Schnibbles block, trimming it up as the pattern recommended (we’re…

  • Using the Other Side of Fabrics

    First off, after I finally figured out how to use Mr. Random Number Generator, and making sure that comment included a trip, I’m happy to announce that the winner of the Itsy Bitsy Scissors…

  • Punching the Creative Buttons

    {NOTE: If you are looking for the teensy scissor giveaway, you can find it *here.*} ************************************* If you’ve never traveled to New York City, the question of whether that city is worth all the…

  • Pins and Needles, in New York City

    I’ve been in New York City for a week, and while there I discovered a new quilting/fabric shop, on the upper East Side, a few blocks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  It’s called…

  • FAL Progress: not much

    This is one of those I-think-I’ll-beat-myself-up posts. I’m participating in the Finish-A-Long this quarter, after having such a gang-busting last quarter.  Really, I was hot hot hot. These were my goals. 1. I glimpsed…

  • Christine’s Philadelphia

    At the last post, we were in the bakery section of Bottega Louie and I had a big surprise for my sister Christine.  It was  Christine’s Philadelphia, a quilt celebrating her life and her…

  • Hot Mitts, take two

    Just a little something I put together. . . . . .for my daughter-in-law Kim, who, when I posted them on Instagram said she liked them and “hint, hint.”  I was happy she wanted…

  • Spoolin’ Around

    This is my latest Schnibbles quilt: Spoolin’ Around.  Sherri, Sinta and I assume, Carrie, pick the Schnibbles pattern we are going to use, but then we all go to town putting it together in…

  • To Reply, or Not to Reply? Blogging Buzz

    I guess the first thing to get out of the way is to ask one of the big questions: No, that’s not it. The big question is: why do you blog? And if you…

  • Entering the Grading Galaxy

    (She moans.  Loudly.) But!  I will return, because I excel in Grading Avoidance–a skill not all possess, but my guess is if you are a college English Teacher, you probably do.  GA, we call…

  • Spoonflower’s Geeks

    Last year Spoonflower had a contest titled Fabric 8, in which they selected 8 contestants to design a line of linked fabrics.  I loved following that group and reading about their choices.  This year’s…

  • It’s Wednesday, so WIP on

    Finally! I have a use for my phone app, purchased so long ago and hardly used.  Anyone else like that? Yep, it’s Wednesday so that means I’m thinking about my works in progress. Well,…

  • Feather

    When Suz of PatchworkNPlay said she wanted to do an Anna Maria Horner Feather for her monthly block (I think that link will get you there or just Google it), I started in on…

  • Doleket, deconstructed

    When the theme of fire was announced for our Four-in-Art group, I immediately thought of all those days spent roasting marshmallows over campfires, just like Betty did.  And then afterward, when people would gather…

  • Doleket: Four-in-Art #3 Reveal!

    Doleket While no one really knows how the prophet Abraham came to know God, many a rabbi has told a tale, a midrash, about this event.  One famous one is how Abraham came upon…

  • WIPs, early

    I have the Four-in-Art reveal tomorrow, so am writing about my works in progress today. DONE Take Me Back to Italy, both a Schnibbles quilt and a Finish-A-Long quilt Four-In-Art #3 (check back tomorrow)…

  • QuiltPro Quilt Software

    I’ve used QuiltPro software for about a decade now, choosing it first because it worked on a Mac as well as a PC (I’m a Mac user, and Electric Quilt has ignored people like…

  • Take Me Back to Italy!

    I have this thing for Italy.  So when I saw Va Bene!, a line of fabrics depicting scenes and buildings and landmarks from Italy, it had to come home with me.  Many of our…

  • WIP–Not the last person to post–Wednesday

    The last few weeks I’ve been the last person to post on Lee’s WIP Wednesday over at her blog Freshly Pieced. Or at least in the last five.  There’s a whole bunch of us…

  • Christmas Treat Wallhanging

    So, out here on the old sewing ranch-a-roo, I finished up Christmas Treat (name is courtesy of my husband) and took it outside to pose for pictures.  The front. The back is an old…

  • And the Razzy Award Goes To. . .

    First, congratulations to Beth Baird, on winning the Practical Bag Pattern with this comment: “I would totally love this kind of a bag. Our grocery stores no longer give us plastic bags, so this…

  • Christmas Lollypop Tree Wallhanging

    I finally was able to stitch down the petals, dots and branches of my Christmas Lollypop Tree Wallhanging, figure out the borders (I referred to the antique Lollypop Quilt for ideas) and get it…

  • Finish-A-Long • Quarter Two • 2013

  • Hat Trick, version #1

    Okay, this is version one.  I wanted to use my Dear Stella Va Bene Italian fabrics and you can see the problem in the “mushy” effect it has.  The reds pop out and you…

  • The Winners and Other Musings

    Congratulations to Mary of Mary on Lake Pulaski who won the Hot Stuff bundle, and Nita of NitaDances won the boy fabric and the Power Tool button. I’ve had fun going around to people’s…

  • I’m Featured on the Name Game!

    Today Cindy of Live a Colorful Life is featuring this blog on her series titled, The Name Game, where she highlights a blog whose name she likes.  I’m more than happy to be one…

  • Cranking out those Lollies!

    Cranking is probably the wrong word.  It takes me the better part of a day to get one of these pinned, just because I have to leave time for pulling out all of the…