Last weekend, I flew to Missouri to celebrate the 90th birthday of my beautiful mother in love and friend, Mim.
She is the dearest person! It was a quick visit, but lovely that all her kids could be there for the day.
Mr. Wonderful found these adorable cactus tea lights for me!
I found this shirt for him. 😂
My sweet baby girl, Winslow.
And Willy Boy.
He quite likes his crate, especially with the new fluffy bed.
Have a great weekend!
My friend, Wendy, over at Pieceful Thoughts, recently shared a little tutorial for sewing improv curves. You can find it here. I’ve done this, but her post was the perfect little nudge to play a bit and try it again.
I also wanted a little piece to try out machine quilting on my new to me Bernina. This mug rug is the result.
It’s the perfect size for a mug of coffee and a couple keto cookies!
Have a great day!
Oh, Aunt Martha! I always wanted one of these quilt kits you used to make. I finally found one on eBay and it quickly became mine.
But while you advertised accuracy in cutting, you were anything but accurate. I took apart the first diamond I tried to piece. It turned out terribly.
I bought a stamp set and hand pieced the next diamond. It took hours, somewhere north of two. It turned out better than the first, but I despaired of ever finishing.
But then……my friends at AccuQuilt came out with the Prairie Star die. I knew I had to have it. I placed my ill cut pieces on the die and ran it through.
I machine pieced with nary a pin, and…….ta daaaaa!
Martha, do you see these points! I didn’t even use pins!
And it didn’t take three hours! Sadly, the hand pieced point will need to be disassembled and the pieces recut with my handy dandy die.
But I will persevere, Aunt Martha. You could learn a thing or two from AccuQuilt .
Have a great day!
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Did you catch the AccuQuilt Live program yesterday? I’ve been waiting for this die release, because it also marks the release of my first pattern as an AccuQuilt Designer, Farm Fresh!
This is some of the secret sewing I was working on before Christmas.
Here is the die:
Isn’t that fun? There is a free embroidery file to go with this, for those of you that do machine embroidery.
I’m thrilled to be able to work with AccuQuilt , creating new things!
I’ve been asked recently about sales on the GO! Big electric cutter. Here you go!
Thanks for sharing my excitement! Have a great day!
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Looking back at January, I didn’t finish near as much as I thought. I have done quite a bit of secret sewing that I can’t share just yet, but soon!
Anyway, here are my finishes for the month.
I sure love having a long arm here in AZ so I can truly finish things instead of just making tops. I am so very blessed.
Have a great day!
I’m so excited to share my friend Zenia’s quilt with you! She blogs at A Quilted Passion. She pieced this gorgeous top and I got to quilt it for her.
What I really wanted to show you is Zenia’s amazing use of fabric.
She puts fabrics together that I would never in a million years think of. And it all works! Take a look and you’ll see what I mean.
She’s made some gorgeous quilts, but this might be my favorite. and yes, she gave me permission to share!
When I asked her about it, this is what she had to say.
I think she has a real talent for combining fabrics.
This is the pantograph I used.
And here is the back.
Now, don’t you want to make a quilt just like this? I do!
Before I go, I wanted to let you know about this fun AccuQuilt Live program tomorrow!
Watch closely and you may just see a project created by Yours Truly in the trunk show! Click here to register!
Have a great day!
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Well, I finished the next block….I think.
It was supposed to have a butterfly between the trees, but I’m not a fan of butterflies so I put a little bird there instead. It turned out looking more like a duck. 😂 I’m definitely not loving this. That duck/bird might need to fly south.
I’ll think about that while I work on the next block. it’s supposed to look like this.
But of course, I had to start with smaller blocks than what was recommended, so that won’t all fit.
I’ll add the scissors first, then add the hands on either side. They will be at a different angle than the pattern so they fit. I’m not sure I will add the hearts. I’ll decide later.
Have a great day!
I visited this place last winter, but forgot about it this year. Until today. I was driving past and decided to stop.
This is like stepping back in time. They have fabric….
And crafty stuff…
And so much more. I can’t remember the last time I saw aprons like this in a store.
They have a whole aisle for hats.
Lots of kitschy souvenirs.
And you can even pick up your granny panties here! 😂
They have a little bit of everything. I haven’t seen a variety store like this in decades.
No snow globes in the desert, just sand.
I did get some great fabric. Here is my haul.
I’ll definitely be back.
Have a great day!
This little quilt finished at 45 inches square. I think the background fabric really makes it. It just wouldn’t be the same with a white background.
Not loving my quilting, but it’s done. I’ve come to rely way too much on pantographs, so it’s high time I broke out of my box.
This is the back. In its former life, it was a table cloth.
My machine binding looks pretty good on the front. On the back, not so much.
All in all, I’d call this a solid finish.
It might be donated somewhere soon.
Have a great day!
Here is another edition of Throwback Thursday! The post I’m sharing today is from seven years ago. Time sure flies. I still love this quilt , I hope you enjoy seeing it again as well. Have a great day!
Finally, finished pictures of the Cheddar quilt! I purchased this vintage top a few years back and didn’t even like it that much at first. But it has definitely grown on me.
It waited patiently in my closet for me to figure out how to quilt it. It really felt right to quilt this with a wonky grid. The piecing is far from perfect and a well measured even grid would have emphasized that. It is sometimes difficult to decide whether or not to machine quilt a vintage top, but in this case, it was an easy decision. The maker of this top was clearly proud of her sewing machine! You can tell by the machine stitched embellishment she put into each block.
You can see above some of the age related stains this top had. It also had a band of grime across one section from side to side. Likely from where it was folded. So I decided it had to be washed. It was risky but I threw it in the washer with some color catchers. Here is what they looked like when I took them out of the washer.
Yikes! The stains are better and the grime is gone. Sadly, some of the cheddar bled onto the muslin giving it a slightly yellowish cast. I am okay with that. It looks better. It is soft and crinkly too. Here are some after washing shots.
I am so glad I finished this one. I am loving using it on my bed. It has been very cold here of late and having three quilts on my bed is NOT too many!
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