Category Archives: Quilting Blogs

We moved. We left our first house and crammed the contents into one storage unit and one apartment; surprisingly, the smaller space in the apartment doesn't feel as small as I thought it would. The kids are sharing a bedroom, … Continue reading →

Take one woman, work her to death and then let her stumble across a great online quilt along. Said woman will then obsess over the great quilts that are in the Flickr! group associated with the quilt along, and start … Continue reading →

Stages of a Quilt: See pattern. Stalk fabrics. Buy fabrics.   Debate on how fabrics look together. Stalk more fabric. Decide that first fabric was right, stash additional fabric purchse. Hope husband doesn't notice. Cut fabric. Cut MORE fabric. Realize … Continue reading →

It's funny – I love the colors and the patterns of fabric and yarn, but once I get something that I've just fallen in love with in my hands, I'm almost paralyzed with indecision. What pattern would make the best … Continue reading →

That's the completed quilt top – it actually went together much easier than it looked like it would, and it looks pretty good, if I do say so myself. However, I learned these things about myself while sewing it: I … Continue reading →

I have been killing my back for the past few nights, but dammit, I got all of the peices cut out for that quilt. I've had this grid board for a long time, and I apparently bought a rotary cutter … Continue reading →

And the only cure is MORE COWBELL! (So, my last entry? I went to edit something in it, and I don't know if it was my stupidity or a server hiccup, but BLAMMO. It was eated.) Okay, maybe not. But … Continue reading →

Remember that fabric I showed you a few weeks ago? Look at what it has become:   The second one is a bit blurry, but we've been overcast for the past few days. I'll get a better picture when I … Continue reading →