Sometimes I think I should change the name of my blog. It’s not that I haven’t been working on projects — it’s just that they aren’t very quilty. Hopefully, once the wedding is over and my retirement commences (which occur on practically the same day), I will be back to making quilts. For the past…
If you compare this top to my original plan, you’ll notice that I didn’t pay any attention to the colors of the background squares. I have my doubts about the introduction of the bright red. It looks okay in the letter blocks, but I’m not sure I like it in the background squares. Since I’m…
This is my February project for Allie’s “Christmas Through the Year” club. It’s inspired by another one of those Flickr images I’ve had in my favorites for a long time. Each day in December, 2008, Barbara at Oodles and Oodles added a different vintage Christmas wrap image to her sidebar. This was probably my favorite…
For some reason, I cannot think about a quilting pattern until a top is completely done. I sit there staring at the top….go look at some pattern books….sketch a little….begin stitching a design….rip that out….stare at the top. This can go on for an amazingly long period of time. In the case of this doll…
This cute little cottage illustration is from a vintage valentine uploaded to Flickr by Calsidyrose. It’s been in my favorites for a long time, and I finally managed to use it in a project. I used the vintage Prang Crayonex crayons, and they worked very well on fabric — much better than the Crayola crayons…
This is one of two quilt tops I recently purchased on Etsy. I plan to dismantle this top for the fabric, and there are several reasons I liked this particular top — the block pieces are relatively large, there are lots of cool prints (especially shirtings, and most especially red shirtings), and it was hand…
This concludes the O-P Craft series of photos from my little brochure. They’re probably right about the “No Experience Necessary” part, but I’m not sure the results would rival “a rich old Flemish tapestry in color, texture and appearance.” Maybe those Crayonex crayons are a lot better than I thought. Click here for more O-P Craft…
I’m signing up for Allie’s Christmas Club. The idea is to make a gift every month this year instead of waiting until November or December. Since I’ll be working on wedding stuff over the summer, I thought this was a great way for me to get a start on gift making. You can participate all…