Once I finally finished organizing most of my fabrics, I tackled binding the three quilts I have recently brought home from my long-arm quilter. Unless a quilt is just for a wall-hanging (and sometimes even then), I will make bias binding. I learned my lesson with straight grain binding, and trust me – if you… Continue reading Binding-palooza
Category: Sewing
General sewing
My sewing space
Back in November/December of last year, I began reorganizing my sewing space. At first I thought I would lay four organizers on their sides, stack them two by two, and put them together to make one large organizer that I could also use to replace a cutting table that didn’t make great use of the… Continue reading My sewing space
Making new flowers
I started pulling out fabrics to make new flowers for my Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt last night. Everything was going along fine until I realized that I couldn’t my background off-white fabric. I only have a few background pieces cut and basted for continuing the second half, so I definitely needed to make more. I… Continue reading Making new flowers
Flower garden of the quilt variety
Maybe it’s because I’ve been working with my 1930’s reproduction fabrics for the Unity quilt. Maybe it’s because I haven’t touched this project since 2017. Either way, I felt the urge to get my Grandmother’s Flower Garden out to work on for a little bit. I want to make sure I’ll have all the fabrics… Continue reading Flower garden of the quilt variety
Making pockets
I spent much of this weekend making pockets. The way these are constructed are the most ingenious method I’ve ever seen. There is a video tutorial of the whole skirt making process, and it’s worth watching just to see how the pockets are created in this skirt. The first thing you do is add a… Continue reading Making pockets