I found this old table-top ironing board someone had left beside the garbage bin downstairs. It needs some new padding, and a new cover, but I think it’ll work nicely on my table beside my sewing machine for certain projects. Some Google searching turned up this Ironing Board Recovery Project tutorial. Updated: A few more [...]

Here’s a quilt I made for my sister’s birthday that I gave to her a couple of weeks ago. I had hoped for it to be a Christmas present, but that didn’t happen. It uses 168 hour glasses. I used up all of the 6 inch Charm squares I had collected. It’s the biggest quilt [...]

At the end of April, my Mom and I attended the CreativFestival in Toronto. We had a great time, even if it wasn’t Paducah. I was a little disappointed not to see any “new things” being demonstrated. Didn’t stop me from buying up lots of fat quarters. The first batch to add to my Civil [...]

It’s time to resurrect the Pay It Forward game on my site as I’ve seen it popping up on various quilting blogs lately and I received a notice on the weekend from Caron at Michigan Quilts that I won her Pay It Forward. I’m really looking forward to receiving her gift. Here’s how it works: [...]

A couple of weeks ago, one of the local quilt shops had an anniversary sale. Here’s what I bought. A good friend is getting married in June, so I’m going to make her a quilt based on the Charm Square Quilt/Disappearing Nine Patch. I’ll cut these gorgeous fabrics, and two from my stash, up into [...]

The past couple of days, I’ve read about a Pay It Forward Exchange. It’s based on the concept of the movie Pay it Forward, where acts or deeds of kindness are done without expecting something in return, just passing it on, with hope that the recipients of the acts of kindness will continue to pass [...]

Several years ago I participated in a Christmas paper-piecing exchange. Each person was responsible for completing 12 blocks, 11 of which were then sent to a coordinator, who in turn sent you back 11 blocks that others completed. I assembled the blocks into this small wall hanging. My block is the Christmas ornament, third row [...]

I started this quilt several years ago, but wasn’t happy with the results, so I put it away, out of sight. In the meantime, I purchased a new sewing machine, Janome, to replace my Singer that would eat my fabric, and make nothing but a mess. I dug this project out last summer and after [...]

I made this appliqued wall hanging with beading for my niece’s first birthday.

I made this Purple Magic Tiles quilt for my parents this past Christmas. It’s a Kathleen Bissett pattern, and was pretty easy to accomplish. On the other hand, the binding I did was rather difficult. 2.5″ pieces separated by 1″ black pieces, stripped together. I had pressed towards the black strips, which resulted in a [...]

I just ordered three Lazy Girl Design patterns from The Cotton Vault. Free shipping of patterns… even to Canada. I can’t wait! Hopefully they won’t take long to get here from Virginia. I ordered, Wonder Wallet, Sassy Bag and the Runaround Bag. I want to make a bag/purse to keep close to me while travelling [...]

I made this banner several years ago using 1″ squares, which finished at just under 0.5″ each.