a tale of crafts involving needles and thread
It’s here. Finally. Autumn. I can’t begin to tell you how much I love autumn, and everything that comes with it. After what must be six months of flip-flop wearing, it’s time to break out the boots, and socks.The kids are back in school and settling into a routine of early mornings and early bedtimes, snacks […]
Today’s finish is a somewhat unexpected project. It just happened. This just might be the best kind of starts and finishes. My niece, owner of the quilt in this post, has a mother that is a baker. (This, by the way, is a dangerous sort of person to have in the family… calories seem to migrate this way much […]
Back when I started this blog in August, I joined the Star Flower quilt along hosted by Amanda of A Crafty Fox. The diamonds were quick to cut out and the stars came together in record time. But the row piecing has kind of been slow. The first several joins didn’t work out and I ended […]
After my last finish, I was seriously missing hand quilting. Within a day, I dragged out an old work-in-progress, my Chinese Lantern Hexagon quilt. I love this quilt. Really I do. But I hadn’t quilted on it in months – mostly due to hand quilting fear. Happily, I’m much more comfortable with it now. […]
My finish for this week is something I started back in late June. My niece was due in August and I wanted to make a baby quilt for her – something special that she can use for years. It took me a while to figure out the perfect pattern for the fabrics I chose for […]