Last night friend Cheryl stopped by to give me back the scrap utility quilt I made for our friend and catsitter that I finished a while back. She did such a great job quilting it. She used a wool batting that feels soft as silk and I can’t wait to nestle under it and sew the binding down - always my favourite part. Yes, even though I don’t really ( Read more... )

I finished my first Irish Chain quilt in time for the wedding I was making it for! I didn't get a ton of pics, but here are a few. It was about 88" square when it was done. I used white, brown and khaki colors. I did a simple diamond quilt pattern through the 25 patches. I think I'll make a Triple Irish Chain for my mom for Christmas, so I better ( Read more... )

Plush Head Tote bag and purse both are quilted. I handmade them a couple of weeks back and just posted it on etsy for sale. 

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Many thanks to quiltingpirate for letting me post this here again!

The Denton Quilt Guild is holding a raffle for the quilt that you can see on the Guild website: http://www.dentonquiltguild.org/This quilt is so beautiful in person and is probably worth at least a thousand dollars, if not more. This raffle is to raise funds for the Guild so that we can ( Read more... )

I took an all day workshop this past Saturday for an Irish Chain quilt. I decided that I would do the double chain, since I liked it's appearance, and it looked (and was!) more challenging than the single chain ( Read more... )

If anyone is interested in buying raffle tickets for the quilt my guild has made, please place a comment with your email address. All comments will be screened so no bots will get your addresses and spam you.

You can see the quilt that's for raffle on the site, here: http://www.dentonquiltguild.org/All proceeds go to the Denton Quilt Guild to ( Read more... )

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This is a picture of the middle of my friend Barbs current quilt project. Cool! Our mutual friend L.W. Perkins created the digital art for the mid-section, don’t you just love the tiger? It will end up being a present for the child seated next to the tiger. The family of this child are big LSU fans, if you can’t tell ( Read more... )

1. What colors do you think of when I say "winter"? a silvery very lightblue (does that make sense?)

2. What is your favorite winter bird? crows

3. Have you ever done a "winter" specific quilt/project? haven't been quilting much, but yes, my first finished project: I called it Scottish Winter

4. Do you get snow where you live? usually yes, but not ( Read more... )

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