Significant progress was made on Lemon Twist last week and yesterday. After I finished the blocks and sewed them together, I was fairly happy with the colors and layout. Here's where we left off. I decided to do the alternate border design that completes the lattice, so back to the sewing machine to make the …
Category: Quilting
Lemon Twist
I've had a lovely two days in the sewing room, and I finally am getting back to the pretty lemon and daisy theme fabrics with the pretty blue mason jars. I have a gorgeous blue with butterflies to go with it, along with another butter yellow with words on it called Zest for Life, and …
Sunday Chat
So much to say this weekend, settle in for a long and picture heavy post. This week has been brutally hot, with highs in the 90s (which is really hot for us) and humidity at 85% first thing in the morning. Ugh, I hate this kind of heat. So, nothing for it but to hide …
Sunday Chat
Yesterday, we had a driving event with one of our car clubs. We met at a local grocery store, and drove back country roads for two hours (with a comfort stop halfway in) to the Highlands Motoring Festival in Highlands, NC. The drive route was so pretty, lush and green the whole way. We drove …
Speaking to Carrabus Quilters
This week, I had a speaking engagement, providing the program for the Carrabus Quilt Guild in Harrisburg, NC. Such a great group of ladies! I got there too early, and was set up and ready a good half hour before I needed to be, so I got to talk to a few quilters and see …
Quilting Koi Pond
I've been working on quilting the Koi Pond wall hanging, and the plan got more complex as I went along. When we left off, I had loaded the piece on the longarm and ruled out using a pantograph. The backing is a purple background morning glory print with the same colors as the top. I …
Koi Pond Wall Hanging
I have had this piece of fabric for a couple of years. I got it at a fabric sale at a friend's home with mostly Japanese fabrics. I wasn't sure how I wanted to incorporate it into a project as the motif is pretty big. I thought about using the fish as appliques, but two …
Baked Fire Roasted Tomato Pasta
Making meals from a new cookbook is always fun, but one problem is making them an appropriate size for just two people. Sometimes the leftovers can be frozen for a meal another time, but most of the time we just eat it until it is gone over the next few days. No matter how good …
Finishing the Kaleidoscope Project
I was able to get back to the Kaleidoscope block this past week. Here's where I left off after doing the paper piecing. I put it aside for quite a while, as I thought about what to do with it. All I knew is that one of these blocks was enough, and I wasn't going …
Quilt Retreat
Our guild's sleep-at-home retreat was held this week. It was three days of sewing fun with friends, with lots of laughter and conversation, getting to know fellow quilters and new members a bit better. We helped each other with piecing and fabric choices, talked about books and cooking, admired each other's work, loaned each other …
From My Carolina Home 