a few weekends ago, i had the opportunity to attend my very first sewing retreat, in charlotte. sew south was organized by jennifer mathis of ellison lane quilts. there were fifty of us and it was a fun weekend of open sewing. eating. and classes. oh. and fun. duh. i went with 4 other folks […]
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baby girl quilt.
my friend kerry is having her third baby. but her first girl. and long awaited girl. 😉 so, i wasn’t sure what to get or make her, given the little amount of time i’ve had lately, but i decided at the very last minute (thursday. the shower was friday) that i could make a baby […]
my new favorite bag of all time.
soooooo…. our quilt guild had melody miller drop by for a visit for our february meeting (which was last night). i had planned to take a little workshop she was teaching today. but, childcare situations fell through, and i was forced to give up my spot. so, i convinced derek that i needed to take […]
small things
not much happening on the sewing front lately. i’ve been getting up at 430 to go to the gym. and i have so many kids running around all day. so, when we get our knuckleheads settled in for the night, i am usually too tired to accomplish anything and i watch mindless tv and go […]
challenge quilt
so, our quilt guild participated in the big modern quilt guild’s michael miller challenge. we received some madrona road fabrics in the blue/yellow/black colors and we were allowed to use any solid or any other madrona road fabric. furthermore, to kick off our guild’s new relationship with senior services, we decided to make wheelchair quilts […]
twenty twelve review.
thought i would take a few minutes to look back at what went down in 2012, in terms of quilting and sewing and cakery. it’s always fun to see it all laid out in a nice little grid format. it makes me feel like i actually accomplished some things… anyhoooo… here’s the quilts. 1. Front […]
merry christmas julie!!!!!!!!!
dear jiji, i tried really hard to get this finished up and in the mail to you for your christmas present (technically from derek) this year. i didn’t make it. so, i’ll send it back with mom when she comes down to visit. i tried to use your boring colors and i hope you like […]
mug rug mania.
ok. not really mania. but, “some mug rugs” doesn’t have the same ring to it. oh. and i promise. this is my last post today. anyhooo… i made this mug rug for isaac’s teacher assistant. the back was these bikes: and this one for his teacher. with little apples clothes on the back: i made […]
zipper pouch swap.
just got home from our triad modern quilt guild christmas party. we had an ornament exchange and a zipper pouch swap. and lots of food and fun, of course. first, i drew kim (the incredible bag lady and amazing quilter) johnson… i was intimidated and at a loss for what to do. i knew she […]
a zipper pouch christmas.
i made a zipper pouch for derek’s mom for christmas. we exchanged gifts with his family earlier today. so, now i can post pics here. without further ado: found the totally perfect chick text print while in the mountains last weekend. didn’t notice until i started working on the pouch that the fabric also had […]