Oh my goodness, I'm making a quilt from a pattern! My friend Brenda (of Just a Bit Frayed and Pink Castle Fabrics) got me going on a quilt-along via Instagram hashtag and Flickr group. It's an informal thing where anyone…
I submitted this quilt to Quilt Con this morning! It was Quilt 489. Of course, I think of this quilt not as "489" but as "The Full Stops Quilt" since it is based on a paper collage by Anna Betts…
As a kid, I always thought my mom was so funny when my dad left town. She would take on huge projects like rebuilding the deck or painting the ceiling in the living room (it's a cathedral ceiling, this is…
One of the fabric lines I was so super-excited to get my hands on at Quilt Market was "Glimma" by Lotta Jansdotter. I've already begun playing with it. First, laid out all of the charm squares. I decided not to…
1. Going to market. Quilt Market was quieter and less hectic than I thought it would be. I was really worried that the environment would automatically trigger a crazy migraine (big places with noises bouncing around are a problem for…
Oh my, I love this thing! Since last I blogged, I did manage to clean, oil, thread, and start sewing on the featherweight. I found a pdf of a manual thanks to some lovely commenters who told pointed me in…
This last weekend marked the fourth wedding I attended in six weeks. First, we had my cousin on August 31st: Then my boyfriend's cousin on September 8th: Then my boyfriend's friend on September 22nd (gotta love the Super Mario theme!)…
I can't believe this worked! I batiked on conventional quilting fabric!!! So exciting!!! This may be a case of me mis-remembering things read long ago, but I swear that when I was first leaning to use wax resist (i.e., batik)…
I'm going on a retreat with the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. On my list of quilt tops I'd like to finish is one called the "full stops" quilt. This was begun ages ago...inspired by a collage by Anna Betts,…
The studio is not complete. There are two more pieces of furniture to move, four bare walls to fill, and more. But, after a fair amount of work, yesterday I reached the point where I decided not to work on…