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
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
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
A little more Unity
It took a lot longer than I anticipated, but Part 2 is in the quilt. This round was built in 4 sub-rounds. Whew! As I go along, I plan to add in more colors. I’m a little excited and a little anxious about how it’s going to look. But I’ll trust that it will all… Continue reading A little more Unity
Red hexies
It’s hard to believe I’ve made it to the seventh and final color of my Over the Rainbow quilt (from the book Hexa-Go-Go by Tacha Bruecher). And I’ve just finished basting all of the red hexagons so now I can begin joining them for the seven blocks they will produce. I’m both anxious to get… Continue reading Red hexies