Quilter. Writer. Artist
Take a look at these pins. It’s not a difficult jump from these beautiful gold wedding bands to this double wedding ring block. Who doesn’t have a fascination with double wedding ring quilts? Any quilter worth her salt (as the cliche‘ goes) has at least considered a double wedding ring. I’m included in that realm. […]
I’ve been pinning a bit lately. In the course of a recent Pinterest episode, I found these adorable little bags that I think the girls would love. The are in my “basket bags buckets” board. And of course, I’ve been pinning inspirational ideas for the boro jacket (more about that here). It’s coming along quite
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I’ve been sick with a sinus infection that has knocked me to my knees. I’ve done three things? sleep, sit, stitch. Not a bad combination, but really, it’s probably getting time to move. I do have good news though. My boro jacket stitching is coming along. Hours of stitching can really add up. I think
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Background. I thought you’d like an update on the studio repairs. One of my recent surprises was a huge nest of termites in the studio walls. The sewing studio is a separate building, so the termites hadn’t eaten their way into the house. They have, however, destroyed about 50% of the studio walls. We began
It’s time to meet a few new followers. Our last PIW was in December, after all. Oh wow! First up is Jacqueline Giambalvo‘s “Sewing” board. This board has mostly quilts, but there are some other sewing-related items. Now say hello to Marilyn Wilkinson. If you are on Keto, you should just scroll right on by,
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My little boro fabric is coming along quite nicely. It’s slow, but that’s the idea with slow-stitching. My peeps cannot understand this concept, but their fun doesn’t bother me. I’m enjoying the calm that handwork provides during this time of no studio. We’ve worked out a plan and Richard (poor hubby!) is working diligently to
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There’s an SQI from 2018 on the old blog that covers indigo, but I am into indigos right now, and want to create another indigo SQI, with a bit of a boro slant. I’m thinking it will inspire me as I work on my boro jacket fabric. I have a little done, now, and it’s
I’ve been looking back at 2020, in the hopes that looking back will help me move forward in a direction that brings my family calm and happiness. Looking back at how we spent our time was fairly easy since 2020 didn’t allow for many big events. Still, Richard and I know how to enjoy ourselves
This post is from a time when I was on a crazy quilt kick? I’d look over Pinterest and other sites for ideas for the crazy quilt bolster that I was working on at the time. That bolster was never finished or maybe I gave it away, who knows after 7-8 years. But I’m back
While we were on retreat in Baton Rouge, Glen began talking about wanting to make a boro jacket. She’d brought Susan Briscoe’s new book and “encouraged” everyone to look through it. Really, it’s fascinating and immediately my brain started whirring. Why not make my own? I could easily create my own pattern, after all. However,
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