You’ve been a good serger for 25(?) years. Even though you’ve sat idle for years at a time while my sewing languished, you came back to life after a bit of oil and a new needle or two, ready to go. You still make me nervous though. Read the rest of this entry »
This is more of a post just so I don’t get too far out of habit on this again. Not much of interest to the sewing/quilting world is included. Read the rest of this entry »
Sigh. I just don’t seem to be doing so well on blogging on a regular basis. Again. Read the rest of this entry »
Well. I didn’t mean to be so long between posts. It’s been a case of “life happens” with Dad. He’s 92 and was doing OK up until September. Since then, I’ve been at his house every Sunday afternoon and one doctor appointment during the week. At least we thought he was doing OK, but now that I’ve had a chance to go through this years paperwork, something had been starting in June. We moved him to assisted living the end of November, it should have been done a year ago, given his eating (rather lack of) situation. He just wasn’t thinking about eating. Now at least he’s getting 3 meals a day put in front of him, and he’s eating regularly. Read the rest of this entry »
I was going to get this done last weekend, but made the mistake of thinking I’d just pull the ragweed out of the asparagus. And this grass that’s going to seed. And… several hours later, one side of the bed is done. And my wrist and shoulder were not up to handling the quilt. I still have one side of the asparagus left to do. And while reading a garden blog, I realized what I should have done with the garden sections I left empty this year – flowers & herbs for butterflies and birds. Oh well, next year, unless my garden mojo returns, which I doubt it will until I retire. Read the rest of this entry »
Finally, a long term project is done. Is it perfectly done? Oh heck no, I had many sessions where I told myself “done is better than perfect”.
This quilt is very loosely based on a quilt I saw in late 1990s perhaps. It was gold & black, with square quarter-log cabins and a border print sashing between the blocks. It was the use of border print sashing that really caught my eye. I saw this rose fabric in Cottage Rose quilt shop in Marion, Iowa (no longer a physical store presence), loved it, bought it, and had no clue what to do with it, until the memory of that gold/black quilt popped in. After several rounds of thinking, drawing, using EQ, this is what I ended up with. I modified that gold/black quilt to use diamond shaped blocks, hoping it would look more like rosebuds, and used the border print only between the columns of blocks. I only have selvedge from the dark green fabric and it’s dated 2004, sadly I don’t seem to have saved the rose print selvedges for some reason. Read the rest of this entry »
and ready to be turned in for quilting and binding. In real life, the white isn’t quite so white, i has red stars on it. I’m always puzzled by how different many quilts look in person, vs. how the camera sees them.
QOV top #6
Here’s QOV #6, the blocks are sewn, but not to each other yet. I’m debating whether to put sashing between them, or not. I kind of like the blue. This particular red is too dark, maybe lighter red? But no sashing and just a border to bring it to size means it will be finished and turned in for quilting faster. Read the rest of this entry »
I hope all had a good July 4th. And a good Canada Day for anyone reading from up there.
I started writing this June 18th, and never got it posted, so if it rambles and wanders about, apologies. I’ve been using vacation days this week. As usual, way too much on the to-do list, not enough done.
I’ve started QOV #6 this week, another kit from the group. I think I need to move the controller on the Necchi from the cabinet to the floor. After spending an entire day sewing, my sciatic nerve was giving me fits for the next 2 days. Or just not sew all day? I got the blocks about 2/3 of the way assembled, and need to press before continuing to finish them. Then there’s putting them all together, border, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
but not enough it seems to me….
June?!?! Yeesh.
The 2 quilts are still at the machine quilters. Wait – I know I showed the American Jane last post, did I ever show the pink/red/green “rose” quilt top? Maybe not, I can’t even find any photos of it, odd, I could swear I took some. They probably will not be done until end of the month. Or did I tell the one quilter end of July would be fine? Oh well, they are not gifts, and there is no need for them until winter anyway. This time of year, the machine quilters around here are kept quite busy with graduation present quilts.
QOV #3 came back from quilting & I did the binding and turned it in for laundering and presentation. QOV top #4 got turned in a few weeks ago for quilting, I don’t know if I’ll get it back to do the binding or if someone else will be doing it. Here is QOV top #5, Read the rest of this entry »
