Posted in quilting, tagged quilting on April 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is for you, Bernadette. The stitcheries are very subtly outlined as requested and the cross hatch was quilted freehand to give a whimsical look.
A close up. yes, it is flat, but wrinkled up as I laid it out. I was in a hurry so I didn’t take the time to do a nicer photo. Sorry.
And, yes, [...]
Posted in quilting, tagged quilting on March 19, 2008 | 18 Comments »
Here is the wholecloth I wrote about yesterday. It is only 40×40 inches. A baby one . The fabric is white cotton sateen with 2 layers of bleached Hobbs 80/20. The only marking on it is the centre circle perimeter, a sketch of the vase, the feather spines and a rough outer circle line for [...]
Posted in knitting, quilting, tagged knitting, quilting on March 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I finished up the back of the jacket/cardi yesterday. The colour is truer in my last post than this photo. I only have 1/2 a ball of wool left, so I will visit the LYS on Wednesday for the rest. I like knitting at night. It helps me relax.
Teresa, I will report back on the [...]
Posted in food, house, quilting, tagged food, funny, house, quilting on March 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Some background info….DH is away in the USA for 2 weeks. My kids spend all afternoon riding bikes around the yard, but the shed where their bikes are kept has been locked the last few nights and we can’t find the key. No key = locked shed = no bikes = bored kids = frazzled [...]
Posted in food, quilting, tagged food, quilting on March 1, 2008 | 14 Comments »
I am putting pictures of my 2008 show quilt exclusively here on my blog. I have named it Deluxe. This is a welsh-inspired wholecloth quilt. I started this quilt on January 1, 2008 and finished it in about 2 long weeks, in time to mail photos to MQX for jurying. This quilt is about 95% ruler work. [...]
Posted in quilting, tagged ppp, quilting on February 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is one of the first quilts that I quilted when I began longarm machine quilting. I made the quilt for my DH, the pattern is out of a magazine. I really liked the pieced design. It was within the first 5 quilts that I ever made as well. I thought that I had could [...]
