Progress on Night Sky is coming along nicely! All the stars are done...welllllll, I have six seams left on the white/silver stars but the stars are basically done. Now I just have to add the sashing...frame....borders? Whatever the black pieces around the stars is called. That is my quilty goal for July. To get the... Continue Reading →
Visions of Sugar Plums (Week 4)
I mentioned last post that the finishing instructions (final week) were published at We All Sew on November 28. Last night I finally got around to finishing this awesome table runner! Like the sample in the quilt along, I was going to quilt straight lines to keep the modern look but....I can't sew a straight line. Instead... Continue Reading →
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It's been a while...and I haven't really gotten anything done! Shameful I know but it's Christmas time - there's shopping to be done! Anyway, here's a quick update on some of my ongoing projects: Sugar Plum Table Runner - The final week was published at We All Sew...I've gotten the blocks sewn together but now I... Continue Reading →
Visions of Sugar Plums (Week 3)
Week 3 of the Sugar Plum Table Runner is available and it's the last two three blocks of the project (2 snowflake paper piecing blocks and 1 traditional piecing star block). I was really enjoying my new journey in paper piecing...until this snowflake block. Not as easy as I thought it was going to be. The... Continue Reading →
Visions of Sugar Plums (Week 1 & 2)
One thing about being a new quilter (or new at anything) is that there's always a bunch of "firsts" - First time cutting fabric, first time sewing, first time "unsewing", first time doing a mystery quilt, etc. Well I have two new things to add: first time doing a quilt along and first time foundation... Continue Reading →