There it is!! My quilt! I made a quilt that was for RJR Fabrics at Quilt Market! The goal was to put as many fabrics on one quilt as possible, and carry on the theme of “Capture the Moment”. They were going to have various Polaroid-related accessories, and my quilt was going to be the […]
Tree of Life–All finished and in its new home!
My friend S. commissioned me to make a quilt, specifically with a tree of life motif that represented her wonderful life with her spuuse and their son. Working within a specific budget, I suggested a really raw-edge applique, one which would allow me to make something beautiful yet not break the bank. This quilt, I […]
Recommendations?
SO I was sewing along on a binding when all of a sudden I heard a sound that can only be described as “”sproi-chunk”, and my tension assembly just … stopped working. At all. Upon further investigation, a tiny piece of plastic fell off into my hand from inside the machine. I’ll be dropping it […]
Technique of the week: How much quilting should I do?
This post is in response to The Finer Nation’s “Ugh–Crappy Modern Quilting” because, really, she makes a good point about the role of quilting and what it does. I know by now you’ve seen all sorts of modern quilts and the quilting on them. From dense to sparse, quilting itself covers a wide range of […]
What would you do? The curtain dilemma edition.
We’ve been living in this house for 6 years (we moved two weeks after our first kid was born and *that* was clearly not the best decision in the world), and we painted not long after we moved in. And then things kinda stagnated; it’s been six years and sometimes I still feel like it’s not […]
Woohoo!
The Summer edition of Modern Quilts Unlimited just came out digitally, and I have my second quilt “All Together Now” is included in it! I am pretty happy, because I really love this quilt. It’s a twin-size quilt at 69″ x 90″ and will be going on the bed we made from scratch for my little […]
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 […]
“Pure Improv” with Denyse Schmidt
This was originally posted at Bad Ass Quilter’s Society, and I am reposting here for my own readers. Saturday, June 8, I attended the “Pure Improv” class with Denyse Schmidt, with Richard Killeaney assisting, at her studio in Bridgeport, CT. After a last-minute decision to scoop up a spot that had opened up (I was […]
Prepping Batiks–technique of the week
I have been pulling together some really lovely batiks in autumn colors for a friend who has commissioned a queen-sized tree of life quilt. This is going to be a bed quilt, and the background is going to be Kona snow or eggshell. Because it will see real use, it will also be seeing the […]
A useful seam ripping tool, and so fashionable!
I’m getting old. When I’m ripping out quilting seams, especially when they’re nested close together and grey-on-grey, I have a much harder time than I used to, seeing what I’m doing. I tend to swear alot and that just doesn’t set a good example for the children. Or my husband. Or anyone nearby, really, although […]
