For Christmas, I got it in my head that it would be perfectly reasonable to give my sister and her kids quilts for Christmas. While they turned out to be lovely presents, it was a labor of love. Kona Solids Quilt This quilt is for my niece. I made it with four Kona charms packs in bright and white and charcoal yardage. The charcoal reads as black, but it isn’t so severe. Each block is [...]

Apparently I operate best with a good deadline. Christmas is three days away, and I’m still piecing a quilt top. I’m following Kati’s directions for an argyle quilt. I hope to finish piecing it tonight and quilt it tomorrow.

On Friday night, I carved out a bit of time to spray baste a quilt, not just any quilt. It’s my Kona challenge quilt. The challenge actually ended a few months ago, but I only had a portion of the top done. The quilt has grown to a twin size quilt. It has taken me a couple of weeks to get to this point. Spray basting is so much easier than pin basting . I [...]

Well after an extended summer break from blogging, I’m back. Today I have two blocks from a sewing bee to share. Up first, Leigh’s block. I love the orange and gray. The second block is the Supernova block designed by Freshly Pieced. When the pattern first hit the Internet, I thought it was nice, but I wasn’t motivated to make it. I’m so glad Brooke selected this block. I had fun making it. I’d definitely [...]

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve seen my sewing machine on a couple of rare moments, just enough to finish a couple of projects. I’ve been working on this pillow for my bed over the last couple of months. I really thought I’d finish it in March. Boy was I wrong. I finished it last week. It now resides on my bed. And when I turn my back. Calypso claims it as her own. [...]

After spending the day on the quilt market floor, I head to the Quilt Market Meetup with my friends. Wow! Talk about a lot of quilting peeps. It was overwhelming to be around so many amazing quilters. Everybody was oh so friendly. Of course they lined up great give-a-ways. At our table, everybody won something. Amy and I scored our very own Slice machines. Fun! I did play with mine for a bit. I’ll write [...]