My son gets super excited about Halloween early each year, as in mid-September, several weeks ahead of the holiday itself. As he decorated mid month, diligently rearranging all the house with our Halloween decor, I realized we had no Halloween quilt in the house and Mr. C. declared we needed a scary one. The project … Continue reading Halloween Jelly Roll Quilt 2017-09-27
I've been quietly working on the Sewcial Bee Sampler sponsored by Maureen Cracknell and Sharon Holland. Working with colors and contrast has been my focus, though I love seeing the Sampler contribute to more perfectly made blocks than I was making a year ago. #15 Broken Dishes might be one of my favorites. The colors … Continue reading WIP Wednesday 2017-05-17
Hmph. I realized I never posted pics of my finished StarLight Star Dark quilt finish. Sigh. Busy-ness. I clearly meant to...Star Light Star Dark Finish, Almost and had kept good progress going in the late summer as I finished the top. Star Light Star Dark Quilt. This was my very first effort at quilting a … Continue reading StarLight Star Dark Quilt Finish 2017-04-29
It is hard to believe I have half dozen finished quilts behind me already, having jumped back into sewing just under 2 years ago. Working with color, fabric, design and creating have been fun for me given I work with numbers all day. This quilt was inspired by the Sun Showers I experienced most of … Continue reading Sun Showers Quilt Finish 2017 04-22
Not much to add this week. I decided to lay low over the holiday weekend and enjoy the snowfall at the cabin. Hence... I had every intention of hand quilting these beautiful pieced tree ornaments. It snowed. I napped and played instead. +1 for me. I did pick up my Sun Showers quilt to … Continue reading WIP Wednesday 2016-11-30
More holiday goodies from my craft room over the past week. A continuation of last week for the most part, but knocking items off the to do list. A short list but here it is: Sugar Mountain quilt, finally ready to be dropped off for quilting. Holiday gifts continue to be made! They are … Continue reading WIP Wednesday 2016-11-23
Finally, a California fall day with a cool breeze in the air, falling leaves and everything New England that comes with fall except for the rain! Having a hard time focusing on any one project...so many fun things to work on so let me share! Holiday Crafting. What's not to like about a whole Sunday … Continue reading WIP Wednesday 2016-11-16
I am very excited to be joining Cheryl Brickey's Meadow Mystery Quilt project in July. This was to be my first quilt-along though I couldn't wait to get going and jumped in on the Pixie Summer Home QAL while waiting for this Mystery QAL to get started! Here is a link to her site for … Continue reading Meadow Mystery Quilt-along
Coast to Coast, forest to sea, LOVE this quilt!
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