It was my mom’s birthday earlier this week. I sent her this beaded Friendship Bag: I also made her a tote bag from a Moda Bake Shop Tutorial: Close up of the stitching: Free-motion stitching on the back:
Messy Sewing Area
Slowly, over the last few weeks (months?) my sewing area has reached the disaster you see here: Piled in the mess are 5 Friendship Bags, 6 baby quilts waiting on labels and binding to be finished, and two lap quilts
I’m a Guest Blogger at Women on Quilts
Did you ever wonder why I started this web site? What was behind me creating the Quilting Bloggers directory? What’s my vision for the Quilt Shop Locator? Find these answers and more as I’m a guest blogger at Women on
Free Motion Quilting
I have always been intimidated by free motion quilting, until now. My first attempts were awful: jumpy, inconsistent stitches, tension problems, stitches where I didn’t want them, etc. I was determined to improve this year. I have been working on
Donation Quilts
Last year, I ran a contest here on the Quilting Gallery site, Charms for Charity. We raised 1,149 charms. Last January a couple friends and I started a charity sewing group and invited others to join us. We meet once
Happy Canada Day
Happy 142nd Birthday Canada!
My Quilts for the Spring Blooms Swap
The quilt I made and the one I received for the Spring Blooms swap, plus goodies and a fabric postcard from Norway.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
After I left Spring Market and Pittsburgh behind, I travelled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was a gorgeous trip, in perfect weather. Route PA30 is quite mountainous and an exciting experience for me, as it’s pretty flat here in Ontario by
Booth Quilts from Market
The quilts I created for the Quilt Shop Locator booth at Spring Market.
Border Thoughts?
I started working on my Spring Blooms Mini Quilt last night. Looking for some border ideas.