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You may remember my sewing days with my sweet DIL, here and here. She wanted to make a quilt for a friend that loves Jack Skellington. She found the perfect fabric and jumped right in hand piecing! During our sewing … Continue reading →

I showed this little bit in the frame last weekend. I did quick and easy random lines of stitching across it. Here is the back, It just wasn’t screaming quilt to me, so I made another zippered bag. It finished … Continue reading →

I have my Scrappy Strips top loaded on the frame and I’m trying to decide how to quilt it. I use a free app on my iPad called You Doodle to draw on my photos and try out quilting designs. … Continue reading →

I’ve had two beautiful layer cakes of Heather Bailey fabric for several years now. As soon as I saw this, I knew that is what I wanted to do with them. I even had the ruler! But they waited for … Continue reading →

I got a lot of stitching done on this vintage top while we were traveling. But as I was quilting, I found a few more fabrics that needed replacing. I left those unquilted. Today, I’m going to fix those spots … Continue reading →

After a long trip in the truck, we are back in Michigan! We took the southern route on this map. It took us three days and we are still tired. I apologize for not responding to comments the last few … Continue reading →

I changed my mind! After playing a bit with my pieces…. I decided to go with a slightly different block pattern So I ripped and redid the first two. Eventually, I think I will add alternate plain blocks. I’m not … Continue reading →

A couple years ago, I won these layer cakes from a giveaway. I also got this Cake Mix pad. These are pretty cool. It’s part foundation paper piecing and part traditional piecing. You layer two 10 inch squares right sides … Continue reading →

I decided to make a Fence Rail quilt with this jelly roll. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with jelly rolls. They are convenient, but do you follow the peaks or valleys to determine the edge? I never … Continue reading →