Well over a decade ago, I bought the rest of a bolt of fabric that I thought only I would love. It had a bright yellow background and was covered with drawings of chickens in kerchiefs and aprons with flowers and phrases like “Farm Chicks are Cool!” and “Party on, Girls!” As a farm chick […]
The inspiration for this quilt was a good friend who is far more feminine than I am. She is always beautifully attired in shades of pink and teal and always with a bag to match so when I decided to quickly make her a quilt, the design was pretty obvious. I started with the Dear […]
My daughter and I took a fun workshop at Art Beat in Arlington, MA a few weekends ago with fairy whisperer Liza Gardner Walsh. We had such a blast, but I had some additional embellishment to do on my door so I am just now finishing it. All Fairies Welcome!
This week’s assignment in my sketching and watercolor class was to draw a machine-made object. I spent some time noodling over what object had meaning to me that I wanted to draw when I looked down on my work table and the answer became obvious: Because this month’s BirdZeed challenge word was “pink,” I chose […]
I finished another UFO for the American Patchwork and Quilting 2016 UFO Challenge. It really surprises me what projects I have in my drawer. Most of them are not quilts to finish. Those I seem to get done. This month’s project was to dye a white tee shirt that had gotten stained. (I think from […]
Over the past few weeks, I have been working on my “Authentic Self” quilt. In addition to photos of me from points in my life from infancy to my 40th birthday, I have included photos of travel, hobbies, etc. and other things that represent who I am. I am also making use of my extensive […]
I worked on the next project in Sally Collins’ Mastering Precision Piecing this week. Tiny 1.5″ churn dash blocks and a total top size of 18″ x 15.5.”
This week I started working on some projects from Sally Collins’ “Mastering Precision Piecing.” Hats off to Sally for teaching me to do this: Here’s the finished 4.75″ square miniature quilt top. Are you as amazed as I am? I feel like I can piece anything now. Just wait until I do the other projects […]