I just finished and hung a fresh linen towel on the oven! I’m proud of how it turned out - a little embroidery, a little fabric print, and I have a new pre-spring towel to look at every day. It matches our kitchen perfectly.
It was really a super simple project. The linen towel is a […]
Lots of recent happenings I have to show off! First of all, I have to make you jealous by linking to my photoset of pictures from the Country Living Fair in Columbus, Ohio. It was absolutely fantastic - my second year to go, the weather was 20 times better and the vendors were great. A […]
I came home from work today feeling really inspired, and desperately wanted to work on a project with instant satisfaction. I started digging around in my stash for something quick and dirty to whip up — and now have a set of fun cafe curtains over my computer desk in the craft room:
I’m happy with […]
I’m excited to show you guys my new pillows - I finished sewing them up Sunday night, but just got around to uploading them today…
Yeah - fresh pillows! It makes a huge difference in the living room, I think - even Nathan thinks so, haha. The red flowered fabric is Amy Butler’s “August Fields” in […]
…and so proud! As evidenced by the wrinkly edges, where I had folded it up to take with me to my mother-in-law’s today…
Next up: finishing new pillows to go on the living room couch. One down, three to go.
So, the (simple and error-ridden) quilting is finished!
I didn’t do much - just across it diagonally and and across the whole quilt, then stitched-in-the-ditch around the border, mirrored in 2″-block-increments in toward the center (like nested squares). I made lots of mistakes, but who gives a flip?! It’s done, and I didn’t even bleed on […]
I finally managed to get some free time tonight to put everything else aside, get out the sewing machine and try it out at my new craft desk. I love, love, love it. I decided to work on the mini quilt I started a few months ago - progress on which was completely derailed by […]
Nathan and I had a great day today. After sleeping in and heading out to Mexican food for lunch, we got a lot done. We managed to get our huge stash of “stuff to donate” out of the garage and to the thrift store…then Nathan mowed the lawn, and I grocery shopped for tonight’s supper. […]
I’m posting my Friday Links early this week since I know tomorrow is going to be a crazy, long day. At least it will be Friday! I also wanted to post a picture of my first two completed quilt blocks:
I’m pretty excited - they’re coming together better than I thought they would. I’ve never been […]
My mother could be held responsible for this:
It is the cut pieces, as well as 32 four-patches I’ve already sewn, of my very first “real” quilting project. Sure, I’ve made patchwork blankets before out of big fabric squares or t-shirts, but this is the real deal. This is what I’m working on, except obviously in […]