my baby brother and his girlfriend surprised the whole family when they announced they were having a baby a few months back. she had expressed interest in my most recent quilt, so i knew this was the perfect opportunity to make her (or the baby, whatever) a quilt. when they found out it was a […]
quilt
my favorite quilt of all time.(scrappy rainbowy wonky star).
i have been wanting to make a quilt for a pretty good friend of mine, back in the great state of new york. when i mentioned this to her and asked for color preferences or pattern ideas, she pretty much told me to make something i would like, giving me complete artistic license, and i […]
sacramento-ish.
here we go. another mad dash round of bloggy catch up. when i left off, had stopped to visit the jelly belly factory on our way from point reyes national seashore to a little spot just north of sacramento, in nicolaus, california. the place was a thousand trails campground, which usually means there’s not much […]
the green quilt.
while we were in bakersfield, i was able to finish up the green carkai squiggly bits quilt. when we first started on this road trip, i bought a fat quarter bundle of carkai (by carolyn friedlander), to make a hand sewn hexie quilt. i used some of the leftovers a few months ago to make […]
pacific dunes ranch. boring stuff.
after our stay in carpinteria, we were supposed to head inland, to a thousand trails rv park a bit northeast of santa barbara. but. we had read that the internet was non-existent, so we changed course. derek found us a spot at pacific dunes rv resort, a few hours north, still on the coast, in […]
southern preppy patchwork quilt
it’s official. i made another road quilt. we were in an rv park, not really near anything exciting, so the kids were glad to accompany me to the rec lodge a few times to spread out. and, the weather was mostly decent, so i could get a lot done on the picnic table at my […]
arizona sewing extravaganza!
while we were in benson, i was able to get a TON of sewing done. the staff and volunteers (and other campers) were great about all of us descending upon the rec lodge and taking over, so i could set up a quilting factory, and the kids could rot their little brains out. we came […]
magic windows quilt.
you guys. i actually finished a quilt. so. let me tell you the story. i really absolutely love every single collection that sarah jane fabric designs. you might remember these two quilts made from her wee wander collection. well, when she released her “magic” line, i preordered it, knowing full well that i live on […]
sewing spree.
i already posted about finishing up my carkai hexie roadshow quilt, but i also did a ton of other sewing while we stayed at the grandlibom’s residence. firstly, i managed to get hooked on making these ugly christmas sweater blocks, after seeing them on instagram. they took about an hour each, so i only eeked […]
the great hexie quilt of 2016.
before we left for the first leg of the lidbom rambling road show, i purchased a bundle of carkai by carolyn friedlander. i determined that it was my christmas present, and i had no idea what my plan was, since i wasn’t going to be taking my sewing machine on the trip. but i loved […]