I am pleased to announce that Cary is the winner of this week’s giveaway!! Hooray! I am emailing you… Ready for a new journey…..curved piecing….my test piece is using these two fabrics from basicgrey’s new PB&J line….love ’em!! This is a custom order and I made the decision to buy the templates and this fun […]
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starting over….
So last week I came to you with a predicament…. Some of you will be surprised…others won’t, but I decided to start over….so I clipped and removed all the ever so cute candy cane stitching…. So back to my original idea…using a deep green floss….working very nicely…. At the end of yesterday, here is my […]
polka dot binding and a giveaway…
Remember this adorable baby quilt?? I thought I would share finished pictures with you. The yellow polka dot fabric was the binding request from the client… One tip I followed and I would recommend….don’t trim the back until you sew on the binding. Since stretchy minky fabric was the back, it was a great tip […]
ric rac rabbits and a winner!
This week’s winner is….Natasha!! I am emailing you… Ric Rac Rabbits by Marisa and Creative Thursday….I bought this line awhile back from the Intrepid Thread, of course! Since I loved so many of the prints in this line, I decided to do more of a centerpiece/placemat… oh I love, love the look of this… to […]
quandary….
I made some nice progress on my embroidery project….but now I am stuck. I ran out of the twine and the twine pictured is to thick to fit through my threader and needle….help! Any ideas…. Until I figure a solution…I began another piece using lighter colored linen and actual floss…what do you think?? Happy Sewing!
in my room and a giveaway
Do you recognize this line?? love, love fabric from the Intrepid Thread… In My Room by Jenean Morrison….what fun projects do you see?? I am working on a project with Architextures and by accident laid it with In My Room…and now I am thinking how to use them together…. The giveaway for this week…spy anything […]
winner and glamping…
The winner of this lovely treats….is Gill!! I will email you….Well….I guess you will have to use your imagination for the rest of my post….for some reason blogger won’t let me upload photos today…oiy!! Well, I found another way around blogger, so here are a few more pictures…. I pulled out some Glamping… added some […]
figgy pudding
Love, love basicgrey’s Figgy Pudding Christmas line from several years ago! The other day I pulled this project back out….making churn dash blocks…. My original plan was to make a wall hanging….I am now thinking about a runner and then destashing the rest….plans change – likes and dislikes change….Happy Sewing and Happy 2013!!
flutter and a giveaway
Amidst all of the holiday prep and playing, I found a bit of time to escape to the studio…. I have been itching to play with Flutter…. I wanted to play with Candice’s chevron project from the book the Quilted Fish and the Design Team put together. Here are some of my groupings… With this […]
welcome back and a winner!
This bundle of lovelies are headed to Deb@asimplelifequilts!! I am emailing you shortly…. Last Friday my Lucky Penny projects came back….love, love seeing them again!! Remember this raw edge applique pillow?? This wall hanging project is still a fav of mine….one of those times when a design idea in my head plays out well in […]