Here is my entry for this year’s Blogger’s Quilt Festival. I had planned to post my re-make of an antique Album Quilt but, unfortunately, I am not quite done with the quilting. This is a bride’s quilt I made in 2006 for my daughter, Emily. She wasn’t engaged at the time, but now she is. …
Only stars to show this week — I seem to alternate between stars and flowers. Hop over and see Steffi’s pretty star and 2 flowers, one of which is fussy cut. Originally I was going to make all my flowers and stars with a yellow center. However, I really wanted to use some yellow print…
Today I am having a colonoscopy. For the past week or so I have been reading advice online and talking to co-workers about how to comfortably down 4 liters of the vile tasting Colyte. The tips involved selecting the least offensive flavor packet (lemon-lime according to most) and various techniques for the drinking — refrigerating…
There are a lot of transfers in this envelope — 3 big sheets filled with small and medium designs. These are numo transfers — they have raised blue dots and are one use only. Although none of the transfers had been used, they were a little brittle and some of the dots had flaked off,…
Before I talk about the GFG quilt, I want to thank everyone for their encouragement and advice on my little business venture. I got some great ideas from readers and a plan is now in shape. After Christmas I’ll start creating instructions for my kits and begin the process of cutting all those little pieces….
My friend, Steffi (Steffi’s Candy Quilts), and I are starting a quilt-a-long to make this amazing vintage Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt that Steffi found on nebraskahistory.org. Steffi, who lives in Germany, is making her quilt with new fabrics, and I am making mine with vintage fabrics. Of course, we want to extend an invitation to…
In the past two weeks, I have purchased three vintage quilt tops — two finished and one unfinished. One was extravagant ($130) and the other two more reasonable ($40), although certainly not a steal. The top I’m showing you today is one of the $40 tops and the first one I have received in the…
This top was purchased on ebay a couple of years ago, and it was so cheap — $20, including shipping. It’s difficult to determine the age of the top since there are no prints. If I had to guess, I would say 1930s or 1940s just because of the color and weight of the green…