If you don’t know Barbara Brackman and her work as a quilt historian, writer, and designer, you should. She has two blogs I read (she actually has several more): Material Culture, which deals with fabrics and quilts from all periods, and Historically Modern, which she describes as “…a blog about the traditions of modernism, with an eye to […]
Progress was made
and the eldest of my best beloveds helped the big best beloved with the work today. So proud of himself!
A different sort of project
When it came time for our first kid to go to a big bed, we just used the bed we had on hand rather than get him a new one. This bed happened to be a queen-sized mattress! Recently, though, we’ve been trying to get the house organized, and realized that all his toys lived […]
My prize got here!
Back in June, I had entered my mini quilt into the Ellison Lane Mini Challenge. Lo and behold, I was chosen by the random number generator to receive a prize pack from Dritz! It arrived this week, and I am pretty excited about it, since it incudes a ruler I’ve been ogling: This isn’t a […]
On the frame
This is a customer quilt I currently have on the frame. She specifically requested that the quilting not be dense. Because the fabrics are so busy, I chose a loose swirly ribbon design to go in the log cabin blocks with pattern, and a framing swirly ribbon for the white areas to offset the quilt […]
Technique of the week–how to wash a gajillion strawberries
I learned this only *after* washing a flat and a half of berries with a strainer! This way is much, much easier: 1) Fill giant bowl with your berries. 2) Fill giant bowl of berries with cold water. 3) Watch as berries float to the top, and swish them around gently with your hands, making […]
OK, But I did squeeze in…
… two quick projects for an improv block swap I’m in. The first one I really liked as I practiced sewing improv curves And the other was for a wonky star in oranges, pinks, and yellows, 12 1/2″ finished. Quick and easy! I need to give some thought about what I want as an improv […]
Nose to the grind stone
I’ve been working to finish up some designs and things, and the kids are out for the summer, so… Yeah. But, I do have a mighty useful tool to share with you, and one that I think every quilter would appreciate. It’s this graph paper by Edward Tufte (it’s there, but you have to scroll to […]
A video on DBS and Parkinson’s
I am posting this here and elsewhere because this is an amazing video about deep brain stimulation (DBS) and Parkinson’s. I believe that the more informed we are, the better choices we make for the care of ourselves and others. You never know, watching this might help someone down the road. <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/uBh2LxTW0s0″ […]
My class on Saturday
I had a great time with my first class this weekend! I came prepared to talk about a variety of techniques used to take a traditional block and transform it into something more modern, but the ladies really wanted to make my “Modern Spin” pattern. We had a great time talking about Log Cabin construction […]
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