Bailing out Mama
No my mom didn’t go to jail! My mom joined the ranks of longarm quilters a few years after I did. She occasionally takes on jobs she doesn’t feel ready to handle and she brought along a customer...
View ArticleWhat Price Courtesy?
I stopped at Hobby Lobby this morning to pick up one item. A couple of customers ahead of me in line were two friends. The first one got to the register and she had two packages of stickers. She...
View ArticleLaw Enforcement Tree
I put up the majority of our Christmas decorations yesterday. This is the first year I’ve ever purposely done a theme tree. (I’m more of an eclectic kind of gal.) Guy and I saw a bristle tree used...
View ArticleGoing to a Party
****A quick note for my local friends who don’t read this through a reader. I’ve added several posts today and back dated them as far as Oct. 13, just to drive my sister crazy. Actually, I back date...
View ArticleFlying By the Seat of My Pants
I’m going to my monthly Quilters Anonymous meeting in a few minutes, so I think it is safe to post the quilt I made for our gift exchange. This whole cloth was made using Renae’s Rays and these three...
View ArticleLet It Snow
It would indeed be a good thing if it would snow outside! We are well into December and not a decent snow fall yet. I know there are parts of the country that would be happy to pass along some of...
View ArticleA Little Bit ADD
No, I don’t really believe I have Attention Deficit Disorder. However, this one symptom is a perfect fit — “Often shifting from one uncompleted task to another.” You got it, I’ve started ANOTHER new...
View ArticleIf Only in My …
Dreams Jar. Still no snow outside, but in my jar is a different story. I showed you our biscuit tin “end table” awhile back. But I didn’t show you the lamp I put together for it, because it wasn’t...
View ArticleHomework
Four more days of school until Christmas Break. The boys are feeling a little apprehensive because this is the fist time they officially have final exams in every class. I’m not worried, they do...
View ArticleEnd of Fall?
According to the calendar, today is the last day of Fall. I would argue based on the fact the leaves have been gone for about 2 months here, that Fall is already in the past. However, I suppose...
View ArticleHeat Erase Pen — Is it Permanent?
I noticed my wholesaler added Pilot’s Frixion Gel pens to their site this week. I’ve seen them at quilt shows, but never picked one up. In the description by the wholesaler the selling point for...
View ArticleVintage Friday — Minnesota-L Treadle Sewing Machine
I grew up with parents who bought antiques and my dad collects pre 1915 cars. So I imagine that is where I developed the appreciation for vintage/antique items. I started sewing when I was 4 and...
View ArticleMore Autumn Joy
I was going great guns on the Autumn Joy applique blocks when my neck “went” in January. In fact a couple of these blocks were finished before that, but it hurt to use the computer. These are the...
View ArticleNothing New Under the Sun!
Sometime between 1996 and 1999, I sat down and figured out how to connect my binding strips at the corners of the quilt with a stitched mitered corner. I’d never seen the method before. Imagine my...
View ArticleFriendship Strip Quilt
The binding from yesterday wasn’t on a sample sandwich, it was a real quilt. I put this quilt on my A-1 over Christmas break and when my neck went it sat for months! Eventually I had a customer quilt...
View ArticleEternal Student
I love learning new things. If money were no object, I could happily stay in college as long as there were classes that looked interesting. Since money does get in the way, I satisfy that thirst in...
View ArticleVintage Friday — Dot Snappers Kit
My mother-in-law regularly goes through things stored at her house and gets rid of what she isn’t using. She had some boxes of sewing related items that had been her mother’s and I was the lucky...
View ArticleRise and Shine!
It’s summer and our bedroom windows stay wide open overnight (we do not have air conditioning and don’t usually need it for more than 2 or 3 weeks each summer). This means that our north-easterly...
View ArticleCalico Cat in a Meteor Shower
Choosing fabric from my stash for this block, I settled on a sky fabric that resembles a meteor shower. I was reminded of a first hand account I once read of the 1833 Meteor shower. It talks of it...
View ArticleVintage Friday — Jones Family C.S. Handcrank Sewing Machin
Today I’m showing you another of my sewing machines. I found this one in a California antique store on my birthday several years ago. It is my only hand crank sewing machine. This was basically the...
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