Greetings: I have a love/hate relationship with paper piecing. I hate that it takes forever to piece a paper pieced blocked. One wastes more fabric. One has to be careful with printing the paper pieced designs on different printers because one may end up with the wrong size design. One has to figure out how […]
Category: Quilting
K is for Keeping Record
Greetings: I think one should keep a quilter’s (sewer’s Log) or a Diary. Just like writers like to keep a log of when they write, where they write, and how many words they write on a given day. I think quilters (sewers) should do the same: Keep a record on long they work on a […]
I is for Isacord
Greetings: Since I am going to use green Kaffe Fassett fabric for the background and I want the back stitches to merge with the background, I am going to use this green Isacord thread in the bobbin. The Isacord thread is called “Grasshopper”. I may use another Isacord thread for as a secondary background […]
H is for Happenstance
Greetings: If you are not familiar with the word happenstance, it means “something that happens by chance”. Happenstance happens in every one’s life. Here is my story with happenstance and quilting. One day last summer, I gave into my impulses and brought some Pinmoors early one morning. Pinmoors are small, colorful gelled pieces that you […]
G is for Generous Amount of Fabric
Greetings: Over the Holidays, I brought some fabric for my stash. I brought 5 yards of solid black fabric and I brought 5 yards of Kaffe Fassett fabric. They both were on sale, of course. Now I knew that black fabric would be used in some form or fashion. Black is a “staple” in my […]
B is for Batting and Backing
Greetings: A quilt is not a quilt until the quilt is quilted, thus a quilt top needs batting (middle) and the backing (the back fabric). The backing should be made out of the same material as the quilt top. The backing can be plain to show off your quilting skills or busy to hide them. […]
Getting Back on Track
Greetings: I started 2015 with what I thought was doable quilting goals. I had four. Twin size or throw blanket size Quilt for Big Sis A Twin Sized “Bargello” Quilt for my Mom A foundation strip pieced twin sized quilt for my friend Quilt or at least start a full size log cabin quilt for myself Quilts One and Three were […]
Out of Time and Out of Money
Greetings: Today is my Big Sis’ birthday and her quilt is still is not finished. I must say I feel defeated. I started this quilt last year in hopes that I would give it to her for her birthday last year. I had failed. Then I thought I will give it to her for […]