Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly! Have you ever gone Christmas Caroling? We have done it a few times. Trouble is our neighborhood is very spread out because we live on large parcels of land. We have to drive from house to house instead of walking, but it is a fun thing to do! […]
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells! It Came Upon a Midnight Clear! Sleigh Bells are Ringing! Silent Night, Holy Night! Oh, Tannenbaum! My goodness, it is still August, why are we talking about Christmas? We know as crafters, quilters, and sewists, if we don’t get going on our Christmas projects by this time of the year, we will never […]
Continue Reading...Just a quick note to share what I have been doing, besides appliqué. Our little granddaughter loves dresses. I have lots of patterns from the 1970s when I made dresses for my daughters, but I was looking for something simple. I found several sources with free patterns for A-line dresses. I thought I would make […]
Continue Reading...Finally caught up with myself! This has been a month of distractions. As some of you might know but for those who don’t, we took a 10-day hiatus from home and computer. The train to San Antonio was our mode of transportation. We went for our oldest grand daughter’s graduation. We were thrilled to hear […]
Continue Reading...What???? Just a quick note to let you know what I have been up to this month, besides appliquéing. Completed some MENDING!! What a concept for a quilter and worked on the following project too, which only took a couple hours. This was more to my liking. I really enjoy Laurel Burch designs, especially her […]
Continue Reading...Waggly Tail is a fun popular pattern that I designed a number of years ago to counter my Nine Lives pattern. A few days ago, I received an email from Barb W. asking if the block could be enlarged, since she wanted to include it in a quilt she is making. I gave her a few […]
Continue Reading...Have a few different things to talk about and the last one is related to the first part, so make sure you read it all. Another snowy day and all is well! Love being in my studio with the wood stove going and catching up with what needs to be done.Where we live we could […]
Continue Reading...I am so delighted with what a wonderful day this has been! Close to finishing a project that has been in the back of my head for many years. Just have to hide the quilting thread tails and bind it. It was especially delightful to work on this for it has been raining all day, […]
Continue Reading...I have never been involved in an online challenge, although I have taken part in quilt guild challenges. When Marian of Seams To Be Sew first asked me, this theme popped into my head immediately. The free download of My Road to Tehachapi, (12″x 40″), is available until the end of October 2016. At its present width […]
Continue Reading...Rev your engines! The the “Road Home” Row Along has started! There are 41 “Road Along” rows from around the world, which include our hostesses, Marian of www.seamstobesew.com and Amy of www.sewincrediblycrazy.com. Check out some of the locations! The schedule is included below of when each designer will be publishing their whole row. Make sure you stop by each one. […]
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