My little boy is in kindergarten this year, and they made a little book for Mother’s Day that had fill-on-the-blanks about us. Here is my absolute favorite: And this one: He’s the one in the birthday hat to the left–his birthday is coming up, so he’s plotting what cake he’d like this year. Two of […]
Archives for May 2013
Favorite search term *ever*
I get to see some of the search terms that people use to find their way to my site, and yesterday I got one that literally was “how the hell do I finish this quilt”. I laughed, because I still feel this way sometimes. While I love improv and quilting without a plan, sometimes at […]
WIP–quilting
I really like quilting things for my family–I get to try things I might not otherwise get a chance to do all at once. In this case, I’m mixing up a bunch of different elements, and doing some ruler work on a large scale (the central diamond is more than 65″ across, and I have […]
And Also!
So what I also meant to say in that last post about what I learned in the comments, is that I often hear that, “Modern quilters just want something fast and quick. They don’t want to make difficult things or try something hard”. And looking at all your bucket lists, many of the things on […]
What I learned from the comments, part 1
I had 240 comments from the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway, and had a great time reading every one of them. People had some wonderful things on their bucket lists, and I was really interested to see the trends. This post is Part 1 of a series of things that I am pulling together to maybe […]
We Have a Winner for the SMS Giveaway!
Thanks to the Random Number Generator, we have a winner! She will get the Kona Color Card and the mystery prize, which is the “Right Angle” panel from Angela Walters’ Textures line. Congratulations! Commenter 146, Mara Cockman said “I’d love to do a cathedral window block project.” Mara, I’ve sent you an email! Good luck to […]
Sometimes a girl just likes things super tidy–technique of the week
I’ve been doing a great deal of reading on exact and precise piecing over the last year, and just came across this post over at Ivory Spring about piecing a 4×4 block with 1″ squares. Yeah, that’s a 16-square 4″ block. I’ve always set my seams before I iron them open, but reading about her […]
That horrible moment…
… when you realize that you really *dont* have enough in your stash. Not even enough to fudge. What’s yours?
Sew Mama Sew! Giveaway!
UPDATE: Thanks to the Random Number Generator, we have a winner! She will get the Kona Color Card and the mystery prize, which is the “Right Angle” panel from Angela Walters’ Textures line. Congratulations! Yippee! Commenter 146, Mara Cockman said “I’d love to do a cathedral window block project.” Mara, I’ve sent you an email! Good luck […]
More on labels
I follow Ebony Love of LoveBug Studios over on facebook, and she just posted a link to another post over at Jaybird Quilts on making your own labels on Spoonflower. This is when I stare at the screen and think “Duh. Of *course*.” And feel rather foolish. But in a good way! Mmmhmm.