hello Monday! today we are going back to our binding tip series…. I wanted to talk a bit about binding a larger piece… I use 2.5 inch strips and I join them with a diagonal seam to make one long strip…I also press them in half lengthwise before sewing onto the quilted piece… now, as […]
hello Friday! happy 1st day of March…spring should be coming soon…I hope! welcome to the Friday Finishes linky party! so…this is where I left the charity quilt project… I am happy to say it is now finished! one more wip complete! I have a bit of show ‘n tell to share… this piece was made […]
hello Wednesday! today we are going to continue on with our Wild Honey series… so…I thought this piece would look great quilted with a big circle…one of my favorites, especially with pieces with lots of seams! I am looking forward to seeing what you are working on… Powered by Linky Tools Click here to enter your […]
hello Monday! I am starting a new project… my older daughter is expecting a little boy in late May!! so we are designing a quilt using classic Winnie the Pooh… we ordered these pieces… now to decide on some sort of quilt…we don’t have much of several of the prints to work with… any ideas?? […]
hello Friday! welcome to the Friday Finishes linky party! so…a bit ago I posted how I picked back up this wild honey project… I decided on making just four of these blocks so the piece could be a table-topper or wall hanging… this green print block is probably my favorite… so any ideas on quilting…or […]
hello Wednesday! recently I received an inquiry about my past Hungry Caterpillar baby quilts…it was so fun to pull these fabrics out again…these fabrics evoke such fun memories for me…maybe I will make another baby quilt using these soon… what you are working on… An InLinkz Link-up so a bit of housekeeping…when I linked up […]
hello Monday! today…we are going to continue with our binding tips series… you can read last week’s post here… last week I left you here…sewing binding on a smaller piece… after I have sewed the binding on all around…I stop about a thumb width from the other end…and then trim off any excess… and then […]
hello Friday! welcome to the Friday Finishes linky party! when embarking on pattern writing….pattern testers are invaluable!! when I wrote up the two patterns for my Hero projects – here and here…I was blessed to have Patty, Judy, Jenny and Beth help me out!! Patty actually made up my projects! in fact the reading pillow […]
hello Wednesday! still snowing here…how ’bout at your place?? so…this past week I decided to pull these fabrics back out and work on this project… I finished one block…finally!!! and block number two… lovin’ it so far….what do you think?? looking forward to seeing what you are working on… An InLinkz Link-up linking up with […]
hello Monday! I received a request to share a few of my binding tips…so today begins a bit of a series…. I am sure to some, these will seem super basic, but I figured to share my process…who knows, you might glean a new hint… I like to join my binding strips on a 45 […]
