Well, I heard back yesterday on my sewing machine and it seems that the marriage is ending. My sewing machine and I are not feeling the love any more and I need to trade it in for a newer model. It seems that I am a user and abuser of my poor 16 year old machine and [...]
Archive for August, 2008
The Verdict Is In
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged craft, craft fairs, embroidery, handmade, quilting, quilts, sewing, sewing machines on August 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We’re Off to See the Wizard
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged craft fairs, gallery, Pfaff, quilting, sewing, sewing machines on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, my sewing machine conked out on me – again. So today on my way out to Bristol, VT, I will be stopping by Sew Many Treasures in Williston to see about getting it fixed. If they can fix it, I will hold off on sending it out to Pfaff to be repaired until AFTER [...]
Sunset Strip Quilted Jacket Is Done!
Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, tagged clothing, crafts, fabric, handmade, jackets, quilt, quilting, sewing, sunset on August 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
On Friday night I finally got to start on my new jacket. I took all of those yummy fat quarters and cut them into 1.5″ strips, then sewed them end to end. Once that was done, I strip pieced them to batting that was cut to a McCalls jacket pattern.
Here’s a shot of all the strips:
And [...]
Fabric Finds from Quilt Show
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged crafts, fabric, galleries, handmade, jackets, photos, quilting, quilts, sewing on August 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While I was on vacation in Cape Cod last month, I went to the Bayberry Quilt Guild’s quilt show. It was a much bigger event than I was expecting with much shopping to be had. While I wasn’t too terribly impressed with the quality of the quilts, they had a ton of vendors! Here is [...]
Off and Running
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged art, baby, business, gallery, quilting, quilts, sewing, vermont on August 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I had a bit of good news today that I wanted to share here. The manager of the Frog Hollow Gallery and I met today at the Burlington, VT location and had a nice chat about my quilts. It seems that since the jurying last month, they have been looking forward to my call to [...]
Quilted Dinosaurs
Posted in Rainbow Dinosaur, Works In Progress, tagged baby, dinosaur, dinosaurs, fabric, handmade, quilt, quilting, rainbows, sewing on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was spent trying to wrap up a lot of odds and ends – I finished quilting the last Nursery Rhyme baby quilt and quilted the first of the Rainbow Dinosaur baby quilts. It was fairly quick to do up, so I think the remaining three could (possibly) get done up tomorrow.
Today also saw a [...]
Sew That’s Where It Went!
Posted in Funny, tagged Funny, pottery, quilting, sewing on August 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here is a shot of my new fishy friend in my sewing room. I have decided that I will be decorating the room with only things that make me smile, and he definitely does that! He may need more friends next time I visit the Lemon Tree Pottery in Brewster, MA, but my sewing supplies [...]
Free Baby Quilt Pattern!
Posted in Miscellaneous, Works In Progress, handmade, tagged babies, baby, bedding, blanket, blankets, crib, cribs, free, free quilt pattern, free quilt patterns, handmade, quilt, quilt pattern, quilting, sewing on August 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Here it is, my newest quilt pattern, Crib Rails, based on the traditional quilt block, split rails. It is my hope that you will enjoy making this pattern as it is fairly quick to do, and good for all skill levels. This quilt is also available for sale on my website as the Safari Baby [...]
Lime and Raspberry Bags Are Done!
Posted in Quilted Bags, tagged handmade, purse, quilt, Quilted Bags, quilting, sewing on August 6, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Many interesting things happened on the way to… completing this bag. Most resulted in the use of the seam ripper! Ah, well. I suppose in this case, when life gives you limes, you make limeade!
As I finished putting together the squares for the body of the bag, I next ironed on some deco [...]
Lime and Raspberry Bags, Oh My!
Posted in Quilted Bags, tagged handmade, purses, quilt, Quilted Bags, quilting, sewing on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
While I was at the Vermont Quilt Festival, I found this really eye-popping raspberry silk fabric that I just had to have. I needed to make a bag for my sister that was young, fresh and hip – and she loves the color pink. Then I hit upon this great Timeless Treasures batik in shades of [...]
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