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Better than it sounds: Onion Day!
You know what I like? Red onions. They not only have a nice, mild flavor, but something about the color strikes me as sort of sweet and vintage-looking.Which is one of the reasons I was attracted to...
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Square. In a square. In a square.
This month for the bee there or bee squares quilting bee, Sandie requested square-in-a-square blocks made using her tutorial.Square-in-a-square is a block I really love. Other than the fact that I...
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Jo Meets Apollyon
You know those days when your body just won't cooperate? Ever have a few in a row? Then suddenly feel better only to wake up with yet another, totally unrelated ailment?I've had the sort of week that...
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Greetings from the couch.
Remember my cold from last week? It's still here. It's kindly gone through sever phases at this point, so I'm confident that, I'll, you know, live. But the crankypants? I have donned them.I've been...
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Tea Towel Time
I'm trying to work throughout the year to get some holiday gifts made. I always have huge ambitions for Christmas gifts, since the hunting/gathering/making is my favorite part of the year-end...
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Martha, Martha, Martha!
Hey, check out this passage from Chapter 28 of Little Women:Like most other young matrons, Meg began her married lifewith the determination to be a model housekeeper. John shouldfind home a paradise,...
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An hour a day
A couple of years ago, I bought some awfully cute patterns from superbuzzy, but didn't start on them, or even plan to start on them, right away. I have a tendency to burn out on projects, and I didn't...
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A dreadful miscalculation.
Or not. I'm still deciding.The good news is that my squirrel embroidery is finished! Or, at least, I've completed the pattern.As you can probably see, this was supposed to be a round design, but it's a...
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Busy Bee
Okay, the truth is, I haven't posted because I was on vacation. And then I got back, and I had to get busy. See?Tutorial coming soon!
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Teacup Tutorial
Once again for the [3x6] Sampler Quilt Mini Bee, I decided to modify some ideas into a block of my own design.The advantage here is that I don't have to worry about making the same blocks as anyone...
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Bee Blocks: Trial Runs
I decided to try out a couple of blocks for upcoming bees: the famous [3x6] bee, and its new sister bee, 4x5.I'm glad I did, because there were, well, issues.That's the star block I made, and... I...
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Non-disaster strikes!
Well, my hexy star block hasn't been perfected just yet, but I have achieved a 12.5", non-wobbly, non-disaster. I used smaller diamonds, to start with, and that put me on the right track for creating...
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Gone hexin'...
back in three days.Okay, maybe not, but I've really enjoyed hiding out from this officially Too Darn Hot weather making hexagon stars for the 4x5 bee. They're hand-stitched, which takes forever, but...
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Templated!
Not too long ago, I was trying to decide whether or not to make myself templates for the bee blocks I've been developing. I waffled instead of working - quelle suprise - for a few days, and, suddenly,...
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Cabins on the couch
And so begins the sashing.So... much... SASHING.Does it make sense to say that I love and hate this process?
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3x6 Blocks So Far
It's August now, which means summer will be over soon (NOOOOOOOOOO!) and that the 3x6 quilting bee is starting up again (YESSSSSSSSSSS!)I lined up my blocks received so far, so that everyone can match...
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4x5! 4x5!
I'm so excited to finally be finished with my blocks for the 4x5 quilting bee! They were a challenge, but I REALLY enjoyed them. In fact, I may or may not be planning a cute unisex baby quilt made up...
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M-T-W
Is this the housewife's equivalent of dressing for the job you want? My initial goal was to press one of these and hang it each day, but they're cuter as a trio, I think.I wish the photo light in the...
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Let's roll.
If there is such thing as a good roll of fat, I have found it.144 partially sashed log cabin blocks, sewn into 1x4 strips. Soon to become a total of 9 4x4 grids. Putting the top together will be like...
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Getting ready?
If the blogosphere is to be believed, crafters love autumn and can't wait for it. Well, they can have it. Those of us living in cities where the annual snowfall can be measured in Shaqs aren't quite...
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Recipe Roundup: Tacos and Ice Cream
Since this isn't a cooking blog, and I'm more of a recipe follower than a recipe developer, I don't post a lot about food. That said, I've been tinkering with some new recipes, as well as pretty...
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The Grind. (Or is it?)
Sometimes I don't blog for a while because it can get a little "same-old" up in here. Keeping up with posting here requires SO much planning on my part. I think it's because my crafty life is...
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October
I just want to post a big "Thank You" to Paper Source for knowing, in advance, how I'd be spending my October.
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Cotton Reels!
I'm finally getting around to posting the blocks I made for the 3x6 virtual quilting bee.I chose a pattern called "cotton reels," because I really enjoy cornily symbolic block names. A pattern for an...
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