A couple of weeks ago I promised a photographer friend (find her here Houston friends, she takes great pictures! Great!) a red and white quilt for her upcoming Christmas photo shoots. It was a large committment to undertake with a small window to finish it. So, the title “insanity now, serenity later” seemed appropriate. The quilt has 480 HSTs. I’ll share…
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WIP Wednesday: insanity now, serenity later
I’ll pin yours if you pin mine
Hi all! Randi over at Fresh Squezed Fabrics is holding a fun Pinterest contest. You pick a FQ bundle and if you pin it and get the dollar amount of repins you win it. So if you repin my bundle, I will repin your bundle! (leave me a comment with a link.) Here’s mine! I only need 20 repins! Source: etsy.com…
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Mothers who sew…
My mom taught me how to sew and I didn’t appreciate it. Well let’s say I took it for granted. That is until I started (trying) to teach my daughters to sew. I know now that it takes TRUE motherly love for a mom to sacrifice her precious sewing time, her favorite fabrics, and her favorite tools to teach her daughter…
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In which I get poetic…
Ah, hello friends. It’s been a while, no? Maybe not too long I hope. Lately I’ve been feeling like the Old Sailor in a poem written by A.A. Milne, of Winnie the Pooh renown.* There was once an old sailor my grandfather knew Who had so many things which he wanted to do That, whenever he thought it was time…
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Noelle's quilt, finally finished
Noelle’s quilt, finally finished, a photo by bryanhousequilts on Flickr. I took a break from unpacking boxes and finished binding Noelle’s baby quilt. It’s nice to check something off as finished. 🙂 Details: all hand pieced (except for borders) using English paper piecing. It is small 30ish by 40ish inches. Hand quilted using white perle. Fabric: Pam Kitty Morning.
