Oh you are all just the sweetest people. My daughter read all your lovely birthday wishes and says, "Thank you!" You may remember last September when I made my older daughter a Messenge...
Someone in my house had a birthday recently. This somebody turned a whole NINE years old. She had a very specific request for a birthday present from me. And she begged me to use these fabrics....
and I did it with great love ... love for making things, for pretty fabric, (I took a cue from Amys version and chose a pink dot for the inner circle, and then I alternated my blades pink & cream...
One year ... sorta, kinda. TECHNICALLY, I started FW on June 29th last year, but I was 4 weeks late from the official FWQAL Flickr Group launch so ... I feel like I should break out into what w...
Oh you guys I really wanted to finish this for today ... sorry. But I do have a moment to talk about hand quilting. When I made my first quilt in the mid 80s (I was 19), I believed with the str...
Yesterday I had a few questions about needles so I thought Id write a post on the subject. Brand There are probably a bazillion needle manufacturers out there ... and I never exaggerate. But my...
Im working on it ... Honest! But I swear I didnt mean to go THIS crazy overboard with the hand quilting ... (And boy is my needle rocking ever rusty!)
I tried something new ... new as in Ive never done it before ... not new as in Im so brilliant to have just invented quilting with embroidery floss. Amy quilted around her circle with floss and I lov...
Holy Moley! Week 51?! Really? #62 Old Windmill So remember last week when I went all bizzaro with this block? I felt the same awkwardness about this one too. But I guess I must be t...
(Imagine soft, lilting background music ...) Ok. So I was happily stitching away, playing around with floss colors, making a few mistakes, unpicking some stitches, being impressed with my redos...
why not EVERYONE loves to do this sort of thing. Seriously. Making stuff - specially pretty stuff - is THE.best.therapy.GOING! ...
My little dresdan blades have gone from these ... to these ... to this ... (wheeeeeeeeeee! Yes, I totally squealed out loud when I pressed this little section together and flipped it over on my...
Ive mentioned more than once how much I admire this girl. I mean, seriously. As far as Im concerned, she is commander-in-chief of all things pretty. Just sayin. So when she posted t...
No color theme ... I think the rest of my blocks will be done all higgledy piggledy. Block #96 - Tulip Theres a very good reason I havent made this block sooner ... I just.dont.get.it. I admit ...
So, did you guess what I was making? I made one here and here too a while back... Eeep! Int she cute? This is sort of my thing ... as a mom ... I always make a gift when my daughters are invite...
2:21 pm Confession: If I werent blogging about making this, I would have TOTALLY cheated and machine-stitched the second binding edge. Does that make me fraudulent?
2:02 pm LOL! Its been a while since I accidentally got my DNA on a sewing project. (That lil pin prick really hurt!) But Im on the home stretch now!
1:38 pm With all these parts Im starting to feel like Im writing a Hollywood Horror series! LOL! Hope this project has a happy ending. ;) I wonder if its normal to be this excited over perfectl...
1:17 pm Vetoed daughters pick of a white zipper ... to blue. Because I can.
12:41 pm Oh how I love having a picnic when its 11C (52F) degrees with a very chilly wind ... NOT ... thank goodness I remembered to bring a wool sweater! But the kids had fun. Ok, I did ...
11:40 am Mmmm, fresh strawberries & mini brie cheese ...
11:25 am Gotta get the picnic ready. Bag of chips and a juice box wont cut it. LOL! Well, I know SHE would like that, but Im a stickler for at least attempting SOME nutrition ... speciall...
11:10 am Gotta boil another kettle and dump the tepid and waaaaay over-steeped cup. (This is normal for me.)
10: 47 am Cut, pressed and layered. Next, top-stitching. And fixing my cup of tea before it goes cold.
10:25 am So when I was leaving the house this morning my daughter says to me, "Mummy, youre amazing. You can be like all messy and stuff and then 5 minutes later you look all spiffied up!&#...
8:20 am Ok. Never mind that Im still in my PJs and I have a meeting at my daughters school in 15 minutes ... My OTHER daughter reminded me about a birthday party she was invited to tomorrow. We...
So, are you curious to know what I did with these ...? Well, here she is ... Farmhouse Parlour ... ... the quilt I made with Leciens "Antique Flowers" fabric (which will be available in store...
I was gonna try to make up for missing last week and post 4 blocks today ... that didnt happen. I was lucky to get these done and photographed before the sun went down! LOL! And as you ca...
No really. Im curious. What are you working on? A quilt? Embroidery? A DIY decor project? Something else? Too many things? Me? Im doin these ... ... all 52 o...
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