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What do you do when your apartment has the world’s narrowest living room (seriously, the room is so narrow we were forced to get a flat screen TV) and so you can’t have coffee table? You get creative! I spent … Continue reading
I’ve been working feverishly on the baby quilt for my friend’s impending delivery, and I’ve discovered two new tools that are great for projects! The first is the Clover Needle Dome. This handle little tool stores up to 10 threaded … Continue reading
I started on my friend’s baby quilt today, and since I am using the English Paper Piecing method to put it together, I thought this would be a great opportunity to show a step-by-step of paper piecing. Disclaimer- I learned … Continue reading
A friend is having a baby, so I must make a quilt for the new soon-to-be “Bean.” Bean is a boy, and I luckily just got a perfect fabric set to make him a quilt. So, I thought I would … Continue reading
I have been on a sewing bender these last few weeks, but am still frustrated by the lack of a system to keep me on track. I finally realized that the right system has been staring me in the face. … Continue reading
I spent the night babysitting and decided to work on the Baby Quilt. In addition to making great progress on the quilt, I now have two favorite tools to share. To help my poor little fingers, I invested in a … Continue reading
Now that I have Monday’s off, I am dedicating the day to sewing. Today I spent a little over six hours working on various projects. I got a lot done! I worked on all three Block of the Month projects … Continue reading
Plastic bags keep the booze out. 9-Patch makes me happy. It’s ok to let go of a project that isn’t working. Conversely- if you hit a road block, re-think the way you are doing something and rework it if you … Continue reading
I read in one of my books that you shouldn’t store your fabric in plastic bags as they can get musty and moldy. That’s good advice for long term storage, but for short-term, portable storage I say the opposite. Last … Continue reading
I have spent the last two days in a fever haze, fighting off a mystery ailment. The main thing on my mind was “crap, I’m getting behind on my quilting schedule!” When I got home from work on Saturday I … Continue reading