Phew. Marathon shopping, cleaning, cooking, clean up. We had a nine people to celebrate Thanksgiving with. Yes, it is Sunday p.m., and I still have some dishes that require attention. At the end of the meal, I could barely straighten up. But everyone enjoyed themselves....
November 28, 2021
November 23, 2021
Thanksgiving
My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I believe that gratitude and compassion are the two most exalted elements of the human condition. The last few years have exposed several of the baser elements, and I hope the pendulum will swing back to a more balanced position.I began cooking Thanksgiving...
November 21, 2021
Foundation Paper Piecing Tips to make it Frustration Free
Megan at Tiny Orchard Quilts is a delightful teacher. She posted a video which you can see above, and which you can find here on the Economy Block (EB). She also has created PDF...
November 21, 2021
Quilt Suspension | Basting and Topside Quilting
Yes, a melange of thoughts in this post.Thought 1: Basting and Topside Quilting: QuiltMavenDave was discussing quilt basting using homemade basting spray. Californiaquilts.com was where...
November 21, 2021
LeMoyne Star Breast Cancer Quilt
Over the weekend I finished my LeMoyne Star Breast Cancer quilt. The genesis of the quilt was that I had received a yard of breast cancer fabric. I didn't know what to do with it,...
November 18, 2021
More on Swedish Death Quilting | Basting a Quilt on the Design Wall
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi wrote Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience in 1996. I have that book somewhere in my Deep Stack of books. If you are unfamiliar with his concept of Flow it is this (his own words)"being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego
falls away. Time...
November 15, 2021
Sewing Problems: Being a Block Detective
A Youtuber posted a video on problems he was having on HST construction. He was looking for help. He was perplexed because the HST's were die cut (Accuquilt), yet when he was assembling them, the block...
November 14, 2021
Prairie Quilt Finished
Over the weekend I finished the Prairie Quilt, a free pattern my material girl. It is a 72" square quilt. I simply stitched in the ditch and some additional straight line quilting. I was tired a sore from maneuvering the quilt through my domestic sewing machine.The binding that I chose...
November 12, 2021
Swedish Death Quilting
I'm going to coin the phrase, "Swedish Death Quilting". Dövaddsticka or is it Dökvilta? Who's to know? Anything you say in Swedish sounds darn cool!You are familiar with the term,...
November 8, 2021
Modified Betwixt
All 63 blocks are done and up on the wall. I still have lots more work to do.I was tinkering around with the Marcus Fabric's free quilt pattern, yellow sky. Like I did with the Modified Betwixt,...
November 8, 2021
The Wonder of the Internet | Learn Anything; See Anything
I've learned many things from the internet. Everything I learned about quilting I learned from the internet--so many gifted teachers. I was tempted to say "know" v. "learn" . However,...
November 7, 2021
Modified Betwixt Progress
All of my Ohio Stars are done. I also managed to make a whole bunch more hourglass units than required. Not sure what happened there. The production of this quilt is nothing short of a grind.My inner Henry Ford has been busily making adjustments along the way. My best modification...
November 7, 2021
Winter Bird Friends
Viewed yesterday (11/06/2021). I have a singular Hermit Thrush (I have Wood Thrushes in the summer), that overwinters. S/he knows that they will get fed suet and mealworms over...
November 4, 2021
Square in Square Block Construction Testing
I decided to test a couple of methods in constructing my square in square (diamond in square as some call it). Here's the block.This block finishes at 5" (trims to 5.5).Center Square Cut = 4".HST...
November 4, 2021
Modified Betwixt Progress
I am about 50% done.I see that the last block on the 3rd row was pieced incorreclty.I have to make 19 of Block 1 (cross) and 13 of Block 2 (Ohio Star). I wanted to get all of my cut...
November 3, 2021
Nebbish Pursuits | Yellow Sky Pattern Block Detective and Fat Quarter dissection
I am captivated by Laura Berringer's (designer of my beautiful Paisley Pallette that I'm using in the Modified Betwixt Pattern) Yellow Sky Quilt Pattern (free download). I am reviewing the pattern...
November 1, 2021
Laura Berringer Yellow Sky Free Quilt Pattern
Here's a beautiful free pattern download from Hancock Fabrics featuring Laura Berringer fabrics;This can be done in so many fun colorways.Blocks are 15" x 15" and the quilt is 4 columns by...
November 1, 2021
Modified Betwixt Progress
I will not lie...this quilt is taking a mind/hand/eye numbing amount of repetition of cutting, piecing, sewing, pressing and rinsing and repeating. I'm fortunate to have a large sewing...
November 1, 2021
https://www.fatstackfabrics.com/
Update 11/21/2021: I can no longer get to this website, so I presume they are no longer in business. I said that I was not going to buy anymore fabric this year. I lied. I found...
