fabric Dogs

New Roundie for Jorgensen

My Swissy, Jorgensen, has a favorite baby. This baby has been around since way before his time. It was also one of my first Swissy, Sebastian’s favorite babies. This toy is a large, round stuffed yellow duck. Our nickname for the him is Roundie. Sebastian loved to pick Roundie up and shake him and to run through […]

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Quilting Year End Review – 2014

I thought I would do a quick recap of quilting projects started, worked on and completed in 2014. Quilts Finished in 2014 Quilt Tops Finished in 2014 Quilts Started in 2014 I usually don’t do New Years resolutions, but mine for 2015 will be to have more finishes than 2014. Speaking of the New Year […]

9 patch Quilting

Super Quilt Santa

Most years I don’t think about making any Christmas presents until it is too late in the year to start and commit to finishing. This year I went in the opposite direction and probably bit off a little more than I could chew. In the end, I took on not 1, but 3 new quilts […]

AQS Quilting

Wonky Safari Quilt goes to Charlotte

After much debating and encouragement by friends and family I finally entered one of my quilts in the Charlotte, North Carolina AQS show. I kept it under wraps for the most part not wanting to jinx my quilt. I was supposed to be notified on May 11th and when the day came and went and […]

background Quilting

Woodpeckers

A couple weeks ago I found some pins we bought at the Shaker Village Craft store many years ago. They are hand carved and painted birds with amazing detail. Specifically they are different types of woodpeckers. My husband, Kent, is a huge bird lover and his favorite of all are woodpeckers. We loved these little […]

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Shopping out of your stash

It’s funny how you start out as a new quilter and it takes years to accumulate a stash. I remember when I started out seeing all my friend’s stash and thinking I would never catch up. Then a couple years later I turned around and realized I had a large stash; perhaps more than I […]

bernina Quilting

Quilting my Ls and Es

As you may know, my Mom and I recently went together and bought a quilting machine. We bought a sit down machine by APQS. Their sit down model is named George. I have been quilting my own quilts since I started quilting (didn’t know to be afraid of it). I feel like I do a […]

applique Quilting

New and Different Things

So far this year a handful of projects have required me to try some new and different things. This wasn’t the result of some New Years resolution or plan on my part; it just came about that way. Although trying new things  can be challenging it is always good to stretch yourself a little. I […]

accent Quilting

Finishing up the Year

In my first blog post I challenged myself to finish 5 kits by the end of the year. I bought all these kits in 2006-2007 and wanted to finish them up before starting many more projects. Around September I began to wonder if I would be able to meet my challenge, but I am happy […]

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Finishing up my New Sewing Room

I am so excited to having my sewing room complete. Here is my design wall all in place and in use! My pegboard is all set and I have all my rulers hanging. I bought and hung a cork board. Now I just need to get some more thumb tacks so I can add some […]