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an applique methods test 20 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
Hey everyone, I think applique is sneaking up on me. It’s moving from the “stuff I don’t do” category into the “stuff I might do” category. I blame you all. Last week, I went to the AQS show in Grand...
knit doll shawl 17 Aug 2013 | 05:53 pm
This shawl is for my friend’s doll, Fern. “Fern” was really Fern’s owner’s name a long time ago. She belonged to a great grandmother. If I try to tell Fern’s whole story, I am going to blow it because...
summer, kcw, and where the time went 14 Jul 2013 | 07:42 pm
Whole hog indeed! I didn’t have any one particular thing in mind when I wrote my last post – just the idea of doing and keeping on it. From that mentality sprang a month of pretty intense work on the ...
whole hog 12 Jun 2013 | 04:34 am
Earlier this year I finished a little quilt with words on it. I find that I look at that quilt a lot, and it’s actually helpful. And more than that, making the quilt was a good thing. Making a quilt a...
jorna dress 29 May 2013 | 09:16 pm
My friend Jenna had the 2013 goal to learn to sew knits, and being the opposite of a slacker, she made herself this and this. Then, she decided to draft her own pattern for a garment that would be eas...
years later, an alabama chanin top 21 May 2013 | 09:25 pm
About three years ago I started this Alabama Chanin top. My mom got the book for me – I think it’s the second book – Alabama Studio Style. I worked on it pretty regularly for awhile, right up until I ...
Skipping Steps Quilt Pattern 6 May 2013 | 08:47 pm
My Skipping Steps quilt pattern is all set and done! Hooray! I really do love this as a kids quilt. I mean, we all like zig-zags, right? They’re just fun. And then when you add silly little embroidere...
quilts for boston 1 May 2013 | 05:29 am
The Boston Modern Quilt Guild is organizing a project called Quilts for Boston. They are asking other MQGs and anyone else interested to make quilt blocks and send them to the guild so that they can m...
kcw once more 29 Apr 2013 | 03:20 am
I have loved sewing things for my daughter as she has grown. And while I will continue to sew her things, if she is interested, this will be my last kid’s clothes week spent sewing for my kid. After a...
laurel top 21 Apr 2013 | 07:12 pm
This is my second Laurel. After the jumper, I wanted to try to make a version of the pattern with sleeves, and I also wanted to take on the challenge provided by the “self designed” category of the La...
