Despite the quiet around this blog, I have been sewing. And sewing. And sewing. But I feel like I’ve been working on the same three quilts for a very long time. Which I have. This is the last o...
Welcome to the Mrs. Schmenkmanquilts’ stop on the Blogger’s Block of the Month tour! Thanks to Jackie for including me — much appreciated to have a goal and to be able to play along...
There’s been a slow slog of basement clean-up happening. Most of it has been boring. Today it got a little more exciting when a couple of boxes of vintage fabric were looked into. Highlights: I...
Long time no see. Thought I would check in before you all thought I’d disappeared altogether. Nope. Still hanging around. Still hanging in. Sorry it’s been so long. I’ve begun posts...
Welcome to this Quilting From Little Things blog tour stop! Where to start in talking about lovely Sarah and her latest book? Firstly, thanks, Sarah, for having me as a tour stop! Isn’t the cov...
Welcome to the fifth installment of Quilt Uber-Fest, which is the brainchild of the uber-talented and uber-busy Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios. I was thoroughly bedazzled when Scott asked me to ...
First, your kind words have touched me deeply. I appreciate all of your comments and your support. Thank you. We are doing OK here. Having a school-aged child has kept us moving through the routines...
As his world was so much bigger than mine, I feel he would not mind and it would be a fitting tribute to share the news that my dear husband passed away today. It has been a hell of a year. He was di...
While we (I’m assuming I’m not alone) wait for the new Kaffe Fassett book, Quilts in Sweden, we can take a drool-worthy look at the quilts via Gloriouscolor’s Quilts in Sweden fabri...
So. Where were we? Or where was I? You thought I disappeared, didn’t you? It felt like it there for a while. Lest you think I’ve been lounging on a beach or resting on my laurels, I have ...
Two blocks a week for the Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt. I got my blocks done early this week. Block 9 – Box Block 10 – Bowtie Last week’s blocks: Block 7 – Birds in the A...
You’d think I could have made one more block before posting this picture. Alas, this was progress as of yesterday and I had to suspend fun operations to get back to more serious projects. With ...
School’s out for summer! School friends seemed to be going down memory lane today, so I thought I’d join in. She’s gonna kill me. Speaking of joining in. Trying to keep up with the ...
For my purposes, I’m going to call this block Georgia on My Mind. Mainly because the block is called Georgia and it’s on my mind. I have to admit that I’ve never been to Georgia so ...
Now I’m just teasing you. I’m almost done with the tutorial for the 1957.5/Georgia block. It has been raining here for days hampering efforts to get decent photos. Since it’s still ...
What a coincidence! I’ve been puttering around with a block I saw while thumbing through Barbara Brackman’s Encylopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. I have many old block reference books but...
Hey, who took away the warm part of spring? I just got my sandals out. I had the air conditioning on for a night. Now the furnace is back on and I wore my winter coat to the bus stop. Bah! Oh well. A...
I hope all of the mothers had a lovely mother’s day!
I’m trying to ride this bandwagon all the way to the wedding. Looking at that block reminds me that — sadly — I am out of the lovely pink and white stripe of Sarah’s. Tea and ...
Here are some pics from Monday: Dear Mother Nature, thanks for that. Later on Monday, things cleared up nicely: Flowers were blooming all around. People seem to want to move in. I think I’ll ch...
MY HOUSE! It has been an exciting time mail-wise of late, as you will see. I just can’t help it, this is the most exciting mail of the year so far! I would venture to say that this is the most ...
Some new and old things. Some new things that are also old like my new table. I ::heart:: that table. Mwah, table! A broken record every year crowing about the re-appearance of ranunculus at Trader J...
Of course, I’ve been watching what has been happening in Japan. So very sad, all the destruction. I can’t imagine how hard it would be to pick up the pieces of your life and start again a...
Are you wearing green? If not, I’ll send my minions over to pinch you. I’ve already been pinched today. When I pointed out that there is green in one of my tattoos, the pinch was not retr...
When life gives you lemons, distract yourself with lots of sewing, I say. Like some 1″ squares. Well, 1″ finished. I’m no hero. And you only get to see the back right now. Oh, and m...
Here we go again. The up and coming theme seems to be related to houses. And I may have gathered fabrics for another house-related quilt……… A multicolor go-along of books: These are...
I sort of veered off the to-do list here at the end of the week. Crazy from the snow, I guess. After ogling it at market, I finally thought to get a copy of Pamela Goecke Dinndorf’s Domiciles p...
Can you believe it? I’m keeping up! All arcs sewn and here’s a test block. Which also qualifies as block 1 because these aren’t test fabrics. Lazy… Hard to tell but that is th...
I know that other clever quilters have already adapted the butterfly block to be 5″ charm-square-friendly. I thought I’d get on board and update my tutorial as well. These butterfly block...
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