Get ready for a fun fortnight of ideas and projects to jump start your holiday sewing for your own pleasure and for gifts. I have a new table topper design that we will start today, and sew over several days. Then I have more projects to make for gifts or for yourself. It will be …
Book Chat
Time again to talk about books! This month had a couple of good ones, and a couple not so much. Amazon links provided for your convenience. See my Legal Stuff page for disclosures. Thank you for using my links when you can. Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse O. Sutanto - …
Christmas in July is Coming!
Somehow it seems like the more time I have, the less I get done. That has been the story this week, as I have piddled around for most of the week. I didn't get back to Fleur Lumineuse, and it really should have been almost done by now! But, no. I saw one squirrel after …
In the Sewing Room
In the sewing room, I had to set aside Fleur Lumineuse for a bit, as I was asked to present a ruler demo at our meeting last Thursday. I started by pulling a bunch of bee theme fabrics and cutting strips. Lay out the strips in various ways to decide on a sequence that looks …
July Sunday Chat
I hope everyone is having a great holiday weekend. We've been enjoying our lovely mountain views on drives with our car clubs. A recent drive took us through Pisgah Forest up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and west to Maggie Valley. Heading up from the ranger station, the street has trees over the road most …
America’s 250th Birthday
America's 250th Independence Day is tomorrow so let's get ready to celebrate. We'll need some patriotic decor, and some great food to last through the holiday weekend. I started the decorating outside, by placing flags in the flower baskets. Shop your house for red, white and blue to make a festive table. For this table, …
Fleur Lumineuse
Working on the background of the art piece with a French theme this past week has been a bit challenging. I had set out a number of requirements for myself that made it more difficult. I didn't want the background piecing to be all uniform sizes of squares. I wanted to spread out the print …
Sunday Chat
It's been a fairly quiet week making for good days to putter around the house. Time for a new tablescape for summer. I decided on a chicken theme with fern green chargers and napkins. The bowls have roosters on the sides. These are mostly for salad in the summer, but a bowl of my Chilled …
Sewing Pajamas
In the stash was a gorgeous piece of rayon challis that I wanted to turn into a lounge wear set. I love the Asian style print of the flowers on a dark background. I wanted something cool for summer, and in a fabric that was not knit. It is irritating that everything these days is …
Quilting Again!
The new motor for the longarm arrived and My Sweet Babboo installed it, along with a new belt just for good measure. I was nervous to use it, as we had no guarantee that this would solve the problem of blowing fuses. It was the most likely culprit as we had eliminated just about everything …
From My Carolina Home 