It is the end of June and another month has zipped by and I don't have a finished quilt. I'm feeling like I really need to sew this weekend. I though today for Fabric Friday I'd make a mix of different things in my sewing room. One of these days I'm going to make a folky Pennsylvania Dutch quilt. This fabric goes right to that stash pile. It is vintage and European folky but also Pennsylvania Dutch, too. This is a new fabric that reminds me of the
Today's post is just a mash up of stuff at my house that I've been meaning to post. I saw these clippers online a few months ago. I had to hunt around to find them. They remind me of my mom who always loved scissors, especially clippers. They are sharp and pretty. We love beehives at my house. My daughter brought me this cookie. and the metal bee and bee soap are from my sister, Michelle. I will tell you that soap smells so amazing. We are weird
I was lucky enough to play "nanny" to my granddaughters for most of the weekend. Sewing wasn't primary for me but I did get a few things done to show you in progress of making my London 2012 quilt. I decided to fussy cut a little Buckingham Palace guard to put in the bus window as a driver. He's so darling there. I have several crowns I've appliqued for this project. And here is a little teacup. I'm not done with either block yet but it is a
My cutting table is bursting with fabric in various stages of use for my London 2012 quilt. I thought I'd show you some of the fabric I've been using or I'm about to use.
I can't make a quilt without dots. This red and white is going to be used in my London Eye block. I'm almost done with the Eye block, but this dot will be the fussy cut finish. The little chevron is going to be in a London banner I'm making in the border. I
More than a year ago I helped my sister Polly start a quilt. She saw a quilt in a magazine that she liked and she wanted to make a similar quilt for her bed. Polly hadn't appliqued before this project but she picked a great, simple design to learn needle turn applique. Circles make such a great quilt. We used dinner plates for the template. Polly collected fat quarters that go with her bedroom colors and a neutral background. I taught her a freezer paper method and she
Thanks so much for everyone playing along with last week's giveaway for Melissa's book "A Year of Making Life Beautiful". I'm excited to say that Vesuviusmama is the winner. She will get a copy of Melissa's book in the mail.
I have to brag a little and tell you that I'm on Pat Sloan's radio show today on American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine Radio. Please tune in and listen today (if you dare) at 4:00 PM Eastern, 2:00 PM Mountain time. I believe the shows are
Melissa Stramel is a blog buddy and asked me to be part of her blog book tour and I was happy to say yes.
Melissa has a new book out in both soft and hard cover. I have so much in common with Melissa so it was really fun to receive her book and find fun things we both enjoy doing. I thought I would post photos from her book along with photos of mine with things we have in common.
Melissa takes us month
I thought it was time for an update on sweet little Eliza. So many of you have left caring messages regarding Eliza. She's doing so well right now and I want to share the good news.
This is my daughter, Whitney, with Eliza and Allison at the park.
Eliza is now 3 1/2 months and making great progress. The pediatric cardiologist informed my daughter and son-in-law that one of the little holes in her heart is closing by itself. They have
It was fun to work on my London Quilt blocks over the weekend thinking about the celebrations in England.
I appliqued a teapot and teacup. I had a saucer cut out but I can't find it and hope it didn't make it into the trash. I want to applique it under the cup. I made some row houses or town houses. I've been wanting to make these for a while now and they go perfectly with the London theme. I'm going to stitch them together but I
Did any of you watch the Diamond Jubilee festivities from the UK over the weekend? I watched a bit. It looked like typical British weather with torrential rain. But that certainly didn't make the Queen stay indoors.
Last year I made my personal flag quilt and have been celebrating my 1/4 British heritage since then. I've been planning and working on my London 2012 quilt and I'm really having fun with it.