One of the wonderful things about living on the side of a mountain in a rural area with lots of forest is you get to see a lot of wildlife. This guy paid us a visit yesterday, thinking he might get the bird feeder. I grabbed the camera and took his picture before I made …
Category: Quilting
AQS Show Charlotte
I am back from a wonderful four days of classes and quilts at the AQS Show in Charlotte. Oh, wow!! The classes were wonderful, and there were about 500 quilts to see, between the 182 judged quilts, Winner's Gallery, AQS Authors exhibit, Quilted in Honor exhibit, Egyptian Applique exhibit, the SAQA Masters Exhibit and Modern …
Sewing Kit, part 2
Getting back to this kit, I figured out what I needed to do. I had to pin the base all around to one layer of Timtex to hold it tight while I added the pockets, thread holding elastic, and scissor holding elastic with clear vinyl point guards. I sewed through only one layer of Timtex …
Sewing Kit
Looking over the supply list for a class I am going to take, it had a lot of little things that could easily get lost in a big bag. Things like marking pencils, seam measure, seam ripper, thimble, thread snips, and well you get the idea. I remembered I had a pattern for a sewing …
Block of the Month – July 2014
This month's block is Housewife found on Quilt Blocks Galore. Click HERE for the link to the pattern. I liked the purples chosen by the quilt store. I have a secret wish that the whole quilt was in purple, yellow and green. But, it will be scrappy. This one has a mistake in the online …
Perfect Scissors Winner (and the last of the blog hop)
Well, today is the big day for the Perfect Scissors Giveaway drawing! Thank you to everyone that entered. I read and really appreciated each and every comment, thank you all so much!! New readers, I hope you will look around a bit, I have a lot to talk about, LOL!! There are new tutorials at …
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A New Variation on Disappearing Nine Patch
Did you ever think that there could be another variation on the Disappearing Nine Patch? Neither did I. But, in researching variations, I actually only found three that are repeated all over the internet. I wanted to do one just a bit different, without switching parts of two blocks, and not so orderly as the …
New Quilt Bloggers Blog Hop
Thanks to Beth over at Plum and June for hosting the annual New Quilt Blogger's Blog Hop. I am thrilled to be participating! It's my group's turn to talk about our blogs. I have a lot of interests, and I blog about all of them. I am a quilter, crafter, sewing enthusiast, wool worker, …
Block of the Month June 2014
This is a pretty simple block, but I will warn you, simplicity can be deceptive. The colors in this block are light and dark of four different colors plus a background for a total of 9 different fabrics used. Positioning is critical, especially for the flying geese units. The pattern for the block is called …
Anita’s Arrowhead Quilts for Elizabeth House
I was having lunch with my dear friend Carin last November when she began to tell me of a quilting project her area group was working on. They were making quilt tops, but their plan for having them quilted wasn’t going as hoped. Carin hesitated to ask, but she wanted to know if I would …
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From My Carolina Home 