Last night I finally got around to trying some more hand sewing. I had to make some more little baskets in order to try the hand sewing part, and I’ll need to work on that pattern a bit more because some of my basket blocks turned out a bit wonky. But the whole point was… Continue reading Handwork success
Tag: appliqué
September’s baskets
Just wanted to quickly share some baskets I’ve recently created and stitched down the handles. These are a go-to project when I want something easy to do while listening to/watching tv, because I can get into a nice little rhythm. I have several prepared in advance, and when I run out of them, I spend… Continue reading September’s baskets
Pretty Little Pot
As usual, I couldn’t wait to start my pretty little pots quilt. Actually, I held off for a couple of days – showing a tiny bit of willpower, ha! I decided not to go super bright for the first pot. I also used the pot fabric in the center of the last Aunt Joe’s Afghan… Continue reading Pretty Little Pot
A Rainbow Garden
I realized that I never shared my finished Rainbow Garden wool felt on flannel quilt on my old website or on social media. Fortunately, my quilter (Marty Galbreath of HowYouSee Quilting) took some photos when she custom-quilted it. This quilt was such a joy to create, and it sparked my love of wool felt embroidery/quilting.… Continue reading A Rainbow Garden
Down another rabbit hole
I was scrolling through my social media feeds, which as anyone knows can be very dangerous for the pocketbook, looking for some advice on wool appliqué with fusible web to share with a friend. I stumbled upon someone’s completed version of this “Pretty Little Pots” quilt by Wendy Williams, and was immediately taken with the… Continue reading Down another rabbit hole