June's Monthly Mini and Chooky's Churn Dash SAL
If I hadn't been dealing with COVID this week, I might have had this finished and posted on time. Here is my June Monthly Mini, joining the other Miniacs with Wendy, The Constant Quilter. Check them...
View ArticleA Tsunami, a Festival, and Baptist Fans
I saw an intriguing quilt recently on Deon Stott's blog, "Quiltscapes". Such a clever name for the quilt--Tsunami: A Giant Storm at Sea. And that is exactly what it is: a giant version of the beloved...
View ArticleMonthly Mini and Churn Dash progress
Just a bitty thing (5"x7") made from some tiny leftovers after cutting up a bunch of 30s repro fabrics. I bound it in yellow and named it "A Little Bit of Sunshine". It is is machine quilted with...
View ArticleBelated BOM and Miniaturizing a Churn Dash
Last year Barbara Brackman offered a BOM called Hands All Around. This SAL focused on Louisa May Alcott and her family. How could I not join in? But after Mom's passing in July of 2021, I just didn't...
View ArticleAugust Monthly Mini and Churn Dash SAL
I might just be able to sneak this under the wire before the clock strikes midnight. Here is my August monthly mini, for the mini making mayhem over with Wendy, The Constant Quilter.This was from a...
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View ArticleAll Things Christmas
I have no quilty content today, but I have often said I would do a post of my Nativities--so this is it. I know many people have more sets than I, but I have put some limits on myself as to what I...
View ArticleThe Last Monthly Mini--and a hodge-podge
This mini post is different in a few ways. It isn't your typical mini, it is the last one for 2022 (landing in 2023), and it is the last official monthly mini with our fearless leader, Wendy (Constant...
View ArticleJust a Few Little Things
So much for being a better blogger in the new year! Oh, well--I still have hopes to improve. I have just been sewing tiny things this month. Every block in this post finishes at...
View ArticleDumping all of February on you
Sorry I have been absent for the month. It has been a pretty intense month for me. I will start with the completion of Sea Glass and Sand. It felt so good to get this finished. I took it around for...
View ArticleWorking on 3 neglected projects
First up is a project I started back in October of 2015. Sure, I have UFOs that are much older than that, but the fact that I started this for a show being held in 2017, and it is still unfinished...
View ArticleLook at me, making big quilts!
Trying to get a second post in here before the month is over. First up is a quilt that was a new flimsy 10 years ago. This was my Barrister's SAL quilt, hosted by Randy at Barrister's Block blog. It is...
View ArticleA little bit quilts, a little bit not
I did it again-I went a full month without posting. Bad blogger! Where does the time go? It is crazy to me to think back almost 12 years ago when I started blogging and realize that I was posting 2 or...
View ArticleA Dozen Years Ago Today (as in the 16th, when I am typing this)....
...I started this blog. I can hardly believe it has been that long. It has been quite a ride, one for which I am very grateful (proper sentence structure brought to you by my mother's...
View ArticleThe Well-Traveled Quilt!
I mentioned in my last post that I was awaiting the arrival of the doll quilt I was to receive from the Humble Quilts 10th annual doll quilt swap. Little did I know that it had already arrived--and...
View ArticleLong Time Gone
That is in reference to my disappearance from blogland, not to the Jen Kingwell quilt of the same name (which I love).I've had this to share since June, but couldn't seem to disentangle from real life...
View ArticlePartying with Pam Buda (and Fran and Pati)--photo heavy
Back in 2019 the Pam Buda Circa 1880 Club (sponsored by Marcus Fabrics) that met at Village Dry Goods submitted a video of our club to Marcus for a contest they were sponsoring. We happened to win. The...
View ArticleA Jumble of Things
The donation quilt was completed, mailed and received on schedule. It was fun to break my "No New Starts" rule and make something for a good cause. Thanks, Nancy, for sharing this opportunity with us.I...
View ArticleLittle quilts, and big and little boats
There have been attempts made several times over the past few weeks to get a post written, but I never got farther than opening the "new post" window.However, I do actually have a couple of small tops...
View ArticleMerry Christmas, friends!
It has been over two months since I posted and I don't blame anyone who has given up on me. I almost did.About the only thing quilt related that I have done lately is pick up quilts from my long arm...
View ArticleI Love Purple!
I really DO love purple, but that is also the name of a recent line from Judie Rothermel. Just this week this arrived in the mail from a recent acquaintance, and it was like Christmas all over again!...
View ArticleSo much for good intentions!
I am just going to pretend that it hasn't been over a month since I last posted, and go on as if I had posted twice in January, as I had planned. :)I can't even say for sure how many weeks ago this...
View ArticleTiny Blocks, and other favorite things
I have had many unfinished Tiny Blocks left from the story boards I create to teach the process of making the blocks at my "Sew Small" guild. I decided it was finally time to get them sewn together....
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