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
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Sewing four-patches
The snow we’ve had this week has been the perfect complement to making the billion four-patches I need for my Sand Castles quilt. I gathered all of the ones I’d previously made and hid in my scrap bin, then I began sorting out some of the newer neutrals I’ve just been throwing into the bin… Continue reading Sewing four-patches
Two blocks
I’ve been working mostly on the string pieced sections of the Sand Castles quilt, but I decided I just had to see how they are going to look as finished blocks, so I put together two of them. I went with a white-on-white print for the sashing strips because I wanted it to have a… Continue reading Two blocks
Starting something new
Backstory: A friend from church asked me if I could sew letters and numbers on a letterman’s jacket sleeves for one of her sons. I wasn’t sure if I could, so I said “possibly.” I watched a few videos on how other people did it, and fortunately the jacket had a zipper in the lining… Continue reading Starting something new
Chilhowie Inspired
Leia, my little tortie cat, wanted to claim the quilt before it was even trimmed and bound. I was originally going to use the fabric I used for binding as another narrow border, but decided at the end that it would look better just as the binding, and I think it pulls the final quilt… Continue reading Chilhowie Inspired