The photo above is of my very first sewing machine, a Singer 640 Golden Touch & Sew given to me by my mother. I used it to make my first quilt projects, “quillows” for my niece and nephew circa 1995, and then to make pieced quilts for them and others. The fabric sitting underneath the… Continue reading Must be my favorite fabric
Category: Sewing
General sewing
Cutting sets
I ran out of sets to piece, so I’ve been pulling and cutting from the rainbow of scraps I was organizing. Just a few more sets to cut, then I should be able to zoom-zoom through the rest of the piecing of this section of the blocks. It was really hard to narrow down to… Continue reading Cutting sets
Just a little test
I already had these pieces cut and ready to piece from back in 2022. As I was walking by my project boxes, Aunt Joe’s Afghan quilt seemed to jump out at me and want me to test to see if I can still sew a project with such small pieces. While it was a little… Continue reading Just a little test
Sidetracked
Wanting to use already cut strips, if possible, I got sidetracked again by having to sort strips from multiple storage containers in order to determine whether I had enough of a particular strip/squares to complete a block. Side note: while I had sorted some of the smaller strip widths previously, I had never sorted this… Continue reading Sidetracked
Home Retreat
Since I retired at the beginning of the year, it feels like I’m on a really long quilting retreat at home. I get up and exercise and stretch, eat and do my morning devotional, then attend to anything that needs my attention (getting everything in order is a longer process than you might think). And… Continue reading Home Retreat