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The Mystery is solved!
Saturday was a great day for the participants in the Catholic Daughters of the Americas Mystery Quilt Workshop to benefit Project Handclasp. CDA is an organization I’ve been a member of for 25+ years. Our motto is Unity and Charity and we support various efforts, such as purchasing treadle sewing machines for developing countries that are delivered by the United States Navy through Project Handclasp when they have space available … 
Christmas decorating
I spent last night and part of today pulling out my Christmas decorations and placing them around our home. The “kitchen” tree is decorated with toy cookie cutters, rolling pins, egg beater and other various instruments. The little green lunch box holds the other kitechen accessories, and a fat gingerbread man lays in the top of the lid with the rustic fork. custodia iphone 8 plus portafoglio pelle I placed …
Check it Out
OK, so I didn’t make this today, but I finished the feather stitching on it. I call this quilt “Check it Out” because I tried to use a variety of checks in the blocks. It almost worked. There are some stars that crept in and some other little novelty print, but I’m staying with the name. It is based on a quilt designed by Cheri Payne called Soot and Ashes. …
More on the t-shirt quilt
The task today was to put the t-shirts into rows. custodia iphone 6 plus silicone originale Now that is done, custodia apple iphone 7 plus pelle and I like the arrangement of the squares, custodia iphone 8 legno but it is still possible to switch things up a bit. custodia totale iphone 5s I think it is an interesting quilt with a lot of movement and good balance. Tomorrow the …
Confetti Irish Chain
I finished quilting, custodia verticale iphone 7 binding, and adding the sleeve to this little Confetti Irish Chain quilt top that I pieced before I moved to California 15 years ago!! I took a class in Owatonna, custodia iphone 5s panda Minnesota at the Cotton Patch and made 2 tops. One I had quilted professionally here in San Diego and the other one. . . well, custodia iphone 8 plus …
Yardstick Basket
For a little change of pace, I worked with reed today. iphone se custodia gatto I made a yardstick basket for a friend of mine who has a little collection of yardsticks. custodia telefono iphone 6 plus It is so satisfying to work with my hands and the reed and make the shape form a coil of flat reed. custodia iphone 6 lettere I have so many baskets of my …
Another Dress Day
I’ve been having fun working on another little girl dress. iphone 4 custodia custodia iphone x silicone rosa custodia iphone 6s estate With each one, I make a few improvements, and this is the best yet. custodia iphone x auto custodia iphone 5s apple originale custodia iphone 5se libro batteria custodia iphone 6 plus custodia iphone 7 plus trasparente rigida Look closely, can you see that the entire skirt seam …
Creative work
This is my kind of snowman! I am into finishing the 5-year old projects. I think that is how many birthdays this guy has had. I got stuck on the pennies. Once I got 90% of them done I ran out of the brown colored wool (still needed 2 more). custodia calzino iphone 5s I needed a hand sewing project for last night’s Cheri’s Fan Club, so I brought this …
T-shirt quilt season
I’m working on another t-shirt quilt for graduation, so I thought I’d walk you through my process. I start by cutting the large designs from the t-shirts, then I add a fusable webbing to the back side, then I pull out all my rulers and capture the design a little larger than I will need in the end. custodia iphone se cuoio I place them randomly on my design wall, …
Watermelon pickles
This watermelon quilt was the result of a block exchange in 2005. The blocks have been together forever, but I never quilted it. sycode custodia iphone x . custodia iphone 8 skull . until now. I think I figured out my problem. If anything is over 44″ wide, I set it aside, as I really don’t like piecing the back. Well, I just got over it. I split the fabric …
