I might be talking about prairie points until I am sick of them because I am giving a talk about how to make and use them at a quilt guild meeting in February. I learned how to make a new kind of prairie point when I made my chicken table runner. I used that same [...]
I don’t know about you but I sometimes doubt my abilities. That is why, when asked to make a bag for a teen, I told my customer to pick out her own fabric. I was surprised when I opened the bag to find fabric I had used before! I have made several bags and a [...]
in a treasury at Etsy! Thanks to the shop owner, StudioCherie , my large tote was featured in her beautiful collection, You and Me and Baby Make Three.
This is my new necklace. I lost the paper work that came with it and I cannot remember what type of stone it is. Does anyone know? I thought the clerk said yellow topaz but I am not sure.
While in Houston at the quilt festival, I bought a new cutting mat and ruler from Martelli. I was mesmerized by the way the demonstrator made cutting look so easy. There was no slippage of his ruler and the blade left no uncut threads. I hate going back to cut threads that my rotary cutter [...]
I enjoy making large totes as opposed to working with small things. My fat fingers are better suited for working with larger pieces. A friend asked me to make two diaper bags for her. Two of her daughters are expecting new babies this summer.
I bought the pattern for this purse when I was at the quilt show in Houston. It is hard to believe that it was just a few months ago that we drove to Dallas and then to Houston for the quilt show. I had so much fun. This pattern was a bit difficult and I [...]
