Summer is here, and it is a good time to celebrate the sun with a yellow theme tablescape. This time I kept the color palate very simple with just yellow and white, with just a bit of green in the centerpiece. The chargers are one's I painted some time ago when I wasn't able to …
Fun with Friends, and an Update
This past week was a busy one, with four meetings, a field trip to Black Mountain, a couple of pickleball games, and a sew day with friends here. It was lovely to have a private retreat, with chatting and sewing most of the day, celebrating friendship with a dear friend who is moving away this …
Stashbusters June Check In
How'd you do last month? I was back on track during the month of May, with more sewing time after the show was over. I finished up a small quilt from the leftover blocks from our Safelight Quilts project. I quilted it with a pantograph called Geisha in white cotton thread so it would be …
Little Projects
I've had a few little projects to do lately, working around lots of meetings and the quilt show. While I was manning the booth at the show, a friend of mine came by. She loved the Hungry Animal alphabet lullaby quilt, saying it was just so cute. After the show, she found out that another …
May In the Garden
This weekend, I finally am getting to my garden planting. Usually I've put seeds in peat pots weeks before now, and planted my pots with annuals in early May. Not this year, so I had some catching up to do. My plants that survived the winter in the sunroom were moved to the veranda, but …
A Few Book Reviews
I have been really busy lately, focused on My Sweet Babboo's recovery while doing the last publicity chores for the quilt show this past week. I also organized our longarm booth and hurriedly finished off the quilts and cards I wanted to sell, so I've had precious little time to read. This week has been …
Fun at the Garden of Quilts Show
Our committee took a year to plan this show, and the careful attention to every detail showed. From golf cart shuttles from the parking lots, to superb food at a reasonable price in the back kitchen, you could spend the whole day here and enjoy the quilts, the boutique, the vendors and the bookstore. There …
Patriotic Tablescapes
Memorial Day weekend is coming fast, and it is time to dig out the patriotic bin and decorate with red, white and blue. Today, I'd like to show you a range of ideas to set your holiday table for a cookout, or a nice dining room for a more elegant gathering of family and friends. …
Visiting Guilds
It has been a whirlwind week this week, starting out with presentations to two guilds and a class. On Monday, we drove to Chapel Hill to present my Decisions Decisions program to the Durham Orange Quilt Guild. They are a large guild, with a full house that night, plus a couple of dozen attending on …
Vintage Quilt Remake
Most of the repair requests I've received recently have been referred to my list of quilters who are willing to do repairs. But, when I got this request, I decided to do it as it was a different kind of repair than the usual with some unique challenges. First, the lace insertion was almost destroyed …
From My Carolina Home 