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Quilt Action Shots – Part IV
Allow me to introduce Miss Brielle, who is growing so fast and is clearly enjoying her quilt. I am counting the days until I get to meet her in July. And if you ever wondered why I sewed baby quilts, action shots like these pretty much sum it up. Are you checking out those little chicken...
Read MoreCharm Quilts Are In The Air Tonight
I mention this because there are at least two other quilters working on and dreaming about charm quilts as I write this. I was recently commissioned by a lovely friend to make her two baby quilts. We did a little online shopping on Reprodepot and then finished things up on Sunday at Purl Soho for some wonderful collaboration. Since my to-do list is taller than Empire State Building and is starting to keep me up at night, I decided to start applying more week night energies to crafting. Last night I worked in a load of fabric laundry in between a run and tonight was all about cutting. I absolutely love these prints together. The colors are so bright and vibrant. I cut...
Read MoreAdding Furniture Reupholsterer To My Resume
After going two weekends without doing any crafting or sewing, I have been making up for lost time like a maniac this week. It is pretty exhilarating to be checking off projects from my to-do list. This evening’s adventure involved recovering my chairs with some new fabric from Anna Maria Horner’s new Drawing Room line of fabric. The chairs turned out better than I could have hoped and the recovering process wasn’t nearly as scary as I thought it would be. I left David in charge of removing the staples while I ran over to my neighbor’s place to borrow his staple gun (Hi Harry!). It took about two hours from start to finish, which included a lot of...
Read MoreMy First Common Threads Quilt Block
I did it. I finally did it. I have spent a lot of time thinking about what I should do for Rebekah’s quilt block. There was so much pressure and I am going to admit right here that I was/am freakin’ nervous. But I swallowed my nerves and made the first cut into the fabric. My original design idea got tossed out the window this afternoon when I saw some lovely quiltspiration on a blog. I changed the design up and went with this hourglass design instead. Hopefully, Rebekah considers diamonds squares and if she doesn’t mind that my seams don’t quite match, then we have ourselves something a little wonky as well....
Read MoreCraft-free Memorial Day Weekend
I took the weekend off from crafting and sewing and went out to Montauk to spend some time with friends, beach, sand and fresh air. It was really lovely. Here are a couple of pictures of the beach to make up for my lack of...
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