My mom texted me a couple of weeks ago with a picture of some yarn that she found at a thrift shop and asked if I thought I could use it. One of the yarns was some Noro Shinryoku (2 balls) in Color 2. I excitedly said yes to that yarn and couldn’t wait to… Continue reading New shawl cast on
Vellichor Crop
Well, thanks to a lot more down time than I expected this past week from a bad sinus infection, I managed to finish knitting my Vellichor crop sweater by Andrea Mowry of DreaRenee Knits. I haven’t even washed or blocked it – but I just had to go ahead and throw it on and get… Continue reading Vellichor Crop
Scrap Buster Challenge 2024
I finally wrapped up piecing together my squares last week, and then I set to laying them out on my design wall, webbing them together, and finishing the quilt top. I’m quite pleased. Of course, it doesn’t even begin to make a dent in my 2 1/2″ squares pile. Going to have to figure out… Continue reading Scrap Buster Challenge 2024
Scrappy Courthouse Steps
A bunch of us recently got the Creative Grids 8-inch Log Cabin ruler, and there have been some Log Cabin and Courthouse Steps quilt activity in our groups. I decided to go really scrappy and do a lights and darks on opposite sides design, alternating the direction of the blocks to ensure there were no… Continue reading Scrappy Courthouse Steps
Little zipper pouches
I decided that this year I’m making a few zipper pouches as gifts. I made a couple out of larger leftover fabric pieces (top left), then I pieced a few and quilted them. The quilted ones are a little harder to get right with the little zipper tab ends and not end up with holes,… Continue reading Little zipper pouches