This past week, My Sweet Babboo had to replace our bird feeder. The old one was falling apart due to constant assault by a pileated woodpecker. He would sit on top of it and jackhammer the plastic with his beak. The plastic tube that held the seed was a bit old and had a crack …
Category: Quilting
Santa Panel Wall Hanging Part 2
When we left off last time, I had finished the quilting I intended to do with black thread. Next, I changed colors in the longarm to white Glide on top and white Bottom Line in the bobbin to quilt the areas in white. I liked the ruler work in the border, so I decided to …
Santa Panel Wall Hanging – Part 1
When I found this Santa panel at the guild's re-home table in October, I just fell in love with it. I loved the motifs, the black background, and the faux patchwork. I thought it would be fun to custom quilt it giving me more practice with freehand quilting and ruler work. I had a piece …
Garden Panel Quilt
Last month at the guild meeting, I found a garden panel that I thought would make a nice charity quilt. I had no plans to use it right away until the call went out for bunk bed quilts for the Safelight shelter. I pulled out the panel, and started looking at the stash to see …
Little Farmer Animals Lullaby Quilt
This is a sweet little quilt design that is workable in just about any theme. It finishes at 34-1/2-inches, which is great for a kidlet quilt. In other colors, it would be great for older kids, or even a large table topper. The basic design is the same as the Fall Fortnight Pumpkin Spice wall …
Fall Fortnight – Pumpkin Spice
It wouldn't be fall without something Pumpkin Spice, right? So, grab your latte, and fire up your embroidery machine for a Pumpkin Spice wall hanging. If you'd like this particular saying for your embroidery machine, it is available on Designs by Juju (not affiliated) in a set called Harvest Sayings Set 1. Stitch it out, …
Fall Fortnight – Most Wonderful Time Runner
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Ah, yes, for me this is Autumn. I love the colors of the season, the cool crisp air, and the anticipation of the holidays especially Thanksgiving (my favorite day of the year). When I found this sentiment with an autumn theme, I had to make some projects …
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Fall Fortnight Hexagonal Table Toppers
One of the most popular designs for table toppers is the hexagon shape, maybe because it fits on most side tables, and is the perfect centerpiece for dining tables. Today, I'll give you two free patterns for making them, both pretty easy. For the first design, you'll need a 60º ruler. This is not an …
Sunday Chat – Book Reviews
Let's have a book chat today. Once again this time, I have a mixture of non-fiction and fiction. There are only four books on the review today because two were more than 500 pages! Amazon links are provided in case you want to read further synopses. Thank you for using my links when you can. …
Improv Meditation – a Creativity Exercise
Over a year ago, I attended a class given by a friend of mine, Barb Boatman. She is an amazing artist, making fantastic pieces out of everything you can think of including aluminum soda cans. She was featured in Quilt Folk a couple of years ago and I am lucky enough to have one of …
From My Carolina Home 