My June goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes is going to be the same as my May goal was… finish my Forest Friends quilt. May came and went so quickly that it slipped by without me even working on the quilt. But as of today, it’s one step closer to being done. This afternoon, I pieced the back of…
This Giveaway in now Closed. Today is turning into a super busy day, so I will announce the winners tomorrow (June 11th.) The winners will also be notified by e-mail. The very first time I saw the fabric line Spring Bloom designed by Amanda Caronia for Windham Fabrics, there was one particular fabric that caught my eye. The blooms reminded…
It’s going to be busy on the blog this week. I’ve got another small giveaway to announce that will be open to anyone, anywhere to win… as well as my June goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. And in addition to that, I’ve got a unique tutorial to share. I’m also hoping to have at least one finish to…
Dave and I have been so busy this week getting the rest of the garden planted, as well as working on other yard projects, that I haven’t had much time for crafting. But I did manage to finish two embroidered bookmarks (and another couple of small projects that I’m waiting until next week to share.) My Mom’s birthday is coming…
It’s no secret to those who read my blog that I love ladybugs. I enjoy seeing them in my yard and gardens because I know these beneficial insects are hard at work eating aphids and other not so beneficial insects. In fact, I’ve declared it a sin to kill a ladybug! 😉 When Dave was tracing out this week’s pattern,…
When our daughter was here over the Christmas holidays, one morning she left the cellphone cord plugged into the wall after she unplugged her phone. Later that morning, Dave was vacuuming the upstairs while I was putting fresh sheets on our bed when I heard that telltale crunching of something being sucked up in the power head followed by a…
Since I posted about my very first quilt last week to link up to the Blogger’s Quilt Festival, this week for my second entry, I thought I’d post about a quilt that I completed just this past winter. Followers of my blog will have already seen this little charmer a number of times while I was working on it: here,…
Lately, in celebration of spring finally arriving in the northern hemisphere, I’ve been posting patterns for flowers. To change things up a bit, I decided this week that I’d share the patterns for three different sizes and styles of butterflies. The Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is about an hours drive from here and is a fascinating place to spend a few…
Over the coming two weeks, to coincide with Spring Quilt Market, Amy over at Amy’s Creative Side is hosting the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival where quilters from around the world can show off their quilts. I’m going to start out by saying that I would never expect to win any prizes with this quilt; not for construction or quilting or even…
When I was quilting my Sampler Table Runner I had to unpick some of the quilting because in a section where I was stitching in the ditch, I missed the ditch. Actually, there were a few times when I had to unpick so during one of those times Dave and I made a short video to show you the simple…