writer. quilter. artist.
I sort of hate to see the Block of the Month go. I loved creating and writing, but the stress of having everything ready in time was a bit much, and let’s remember there was no pay. I simply wanted to see if I could do it and succeeded in not just seeing it through […]
The End of the Improv BOM — Until Next Time Read More »
It’s been fun and educational and sometimes a little wild, but I am officially finished with the Block of the Month event. Both of my quilts are complete. They even have labels! Not that this is the last I’ll write about it: I still want to write about the quilting on each quilt. This first
And the Improv BoM is a Wrap! Read More »
It’s been 3 weeks since Richard’s hip replacement surgery. I haven’t been in the sewing room much, but I have been quite the movie buff, a physical therapist tech, a chauffeur, chief cook and bottle-washer, and worn a few other hats, though I can’t remember them now. My poor fella has been in lots of
And the Days Go On… Read More »
Yay! Despite not having an opportunity to work on my quilt top last week, I’ve managed to finish it up this week. I’ll load it on the longarm tomorrow (hopefully) and get started with the quilting. I’m excited to get going on this one. I’ve decided to quilt using feathers all over the quilt. It’s
Second Improv BoM Quilt Top Complete Read More »
I know, I know. All the details get a blog post. Well, yeah, because while I’m awfully busy, there’s not much to write about. I did spend the morning downloading photos of the quilts on Pinterest, then uploading them to a post so that eventually I’ll have a portfolio on this blog. But an hour
And the quilting is done on one improv BOM top Read More »
That’s right. One is finished! And it’s the difficult one. Here’s the thing: we weren’t talking, the quilt and I. For a while, it seemed that we wouldn’t be able to even chat. Take a look at our conversation: At first I had this disaster above. A big jumble of big blocks that I didn’t
One BOM Quilt Top Finish! Read More »
It took me a while to figure out just what HNY means to the millennials. I default to NY as New York. Anyway, as I read through some of the goofey comments on social media, I determined it acutally means Happy New Year! It’s a little early, but HNY to everyone! I’m getting excited for
