I went to the Lebanon Piecemakers’ quilt meeting Monday to give away some of the cross stitch and quilting supplies that I had pulled from my sewing room over the past week. When I arrived, I met Glynda, who had mentinoed she would love to have some of the English Paper Piecing supplies that I… Continue reading Wonderful surprise
Author: Melissa
Downsizing crafts
I’ve spent a fair bit of time the past month reevaluating the types of crafting that I can do now. It has been a year and a few months since my vision blind spots occurred, and for at least the past year, my vision has been stable. I had a heart to heart with myself… Continue reading Downsizing crafts
Final piecing soon
I laid out the blocks on the floor and arranged and re-arranged them until I felt they were a good mix. The cats helped, of course, which caused me to have to re-arrange them multiple times. But I stacked my columns for webbing that should happen soon! I’ve been getting lots of practice with webbing… Continue reading Final piecing soon
Purple-y
I thought the color selections so far were missing a bit of purple, so I chose some of the recent gray-purples (deep plum?) I used in the last Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt I finished. I came home from a recent quilt meeting with some donated fabric scraps, so I’m in the process of pressing and… Continue reading Purple-y
Turquoise
This block came together pretty quickly, like the last one. I had a couple of fabrics I could have chosen for the darkest, but I really liked the graphic “blocks” print. I’ve used that fabric in several quilts. It provides a great contrast to the bright, bold floral medium print. And the sweet light floral… Continue reading Turquoise