Yes, I really do sew and quilt believe it or not. My son-in-law and I went in halvesies on a Kindle for my daughter’s birthday. I made the cover for it. I used {with a little variation} the tutorial from
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After spending yesterday cursing the migraine-spawned-by-satan I was determined to sew something today. Sooooooo I sewed together my 2 blocks for September for the do. Good Stitches {a Charity Bee}. We were asked to make them wonky…and I hope they are wonky enough. Some of the fabric is from Castle Peeps by Lizzy House and [...]
I finally chose my fabrics for my blocks for the do. Good Stitches Charity Bee I am in the HOPE group and this month we are making blue, green, and white square-within-a-square blocks to make a quilt for Threading Hope
Anyone recognize this book? How about these? My interest in quilts began a long time ago. My actual quilting not quite as long but still long enough to be an oldie. I spent most of the years making quilts for my babies and gifts for others. When I became interested in quilting in the early/mid [...]
ETA: I was writing this post on Wednesday…in the midst of it my server went down. It is now 5am on Thursday when I am finally able to get back into my site. See! The Universe is whacko! I did get a nice message from my host The server mysql-a.mac^&*%$#.com (aka mysql-a.%$#mac.com) is down. We [...]
Sew, Mama, Sew! Wants to know about our Thread Stash. My thread stash is dwindling…especially in the quilting and general sewing threads selection. I have used up so much. I haven’t shown pictures of all my threads. Many cones of serger thread are stored in a plastic bin. My excess machine embroidery thread is also [...]
Look at Y’all go! {this West Coast girl is trying hard to get her Texas on} 1. shoot the moon2, 2. Colors, 3. Square one of single Irish chain block, 4. On the wall, 5. DSC_0001, 6. Tour Quilt Design Go to the Quilt Le Tour flickr page to see the great work going on! [...]
Oh my Stars and Garters! Will they ever stop falling down? Yesterday I believe every single cycling team said hello to the road with their bodies. Today the cobblestones did them in. After mechanical issues Lance lost over 2 mins and dropped to 18th. He was not the only one with mechanical problems. It’s gonna [...]
{8:21 PM Central Time} ADDENDUM to today’s post: I have decided to change things up a bit. I know I said I would do a Giveaway at the end of each 3 weeks of the Tour. I have decided it would be more exciting to save it all for last. Giving everyone a chance to [...]
I have been working on some the block designs for the Tour theme. It {loosely} is based on a bicycle cog / cassette. Time for a bicycle lingo lesson eh? I will … but lightning is striking outside so I best shut down my Mac. I love it and want to keep it. Remember to [...]
