Next, we were treated to a dynamic presentation onColor Wash Quiltsby Karen Wood, Veronica Seratto, and Susan Duval. Their tips, tricks, and examples were so inspiring. And Sue even gave us a live demonstration of how to turn our own scraps into a beautiful color wash quilt! The highli...
So, I have been working on a couple of other things. I am dredging up some half-done projects to try and get them completed. I am an ADQ – attention deficit quilter. Meaning I have to go from project to project. Some of them I am not sure why I did not finish them, others I ...
I found this satin and the overlay fabric and was ready to get to work. I created a test of the pattern for fit (didn’t take a photo of the first test) and then another. I was satisfied with this and began the work on the dress. ...
I used a leftover piece of printed fabric I have had for years.I hand cut the PDF of the file out of cardstock and fabric, but if you have an electronic cutter that cuts fabric, you can also use the version of the file to cut it that way. I then just glued the fabric piece ...
(like, with actual needles, not like the Pinterest type of pinning) other scraps of paper with scripture passages, songs, quotes, pictures and other sacred visuals onto the white fabric whenever I come across something inspiring. So by the end of a year, the altar is full. Laden with ...
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples, the great globe itself,Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolveAnd, like this insubstantial pageant faded,Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuffAs dreams are made on, and ...
because we cannot find our Advent Calendar—the endearing square of felt-like fabric filled to capacity with a crop of tiny pockets and tethered to a small, cottony fir tree intended to mark the days until the 25th. Needless to say, I had a deep and abiding love for that calendar, but...
Some guests bribe her with scraps when they are cooking (strictly against rules), but some shout at her to go away when she pokes her nose round the apartment door, and she skitters downstairs looking embarrassed and avoids them from then on. I worried about taking on a breed which ...
With Christmas just two sleeps away, I enjoyed sleeping in, drinking waaayyyy to much coffee, standing in line forever at the grocery store (thank god for Audible), and cleaning the apartment… specifically my desk. I am a constant note taker, saving little scraps of paper with scribbled ...
The trick with the hat pieces is two get two sets of them - and when the curved backs are facing eachother, they both need to have the right side (the nubbier, fuzzier side of the fabric) of the fabric facing up! Lay your piece of fabric nubby (right) side up, and then fold ov...