Bits and bobs

I am still managing to seize a few minutes here and there for little sewing projects. I made a bee block for Sharon. Sharon and I joke that we have opposite tastes in fabric. She loves batiks and hates florals. …

Scrap box challenge: The big blue cushion

From making my big blue quilt, I still had a pile of blue scraps, even after making a knitting bag from them. So, back in January, I set myself the task of making something else to use them up. Hours of …

Poppy’s quilt

The Union Jack quilt that I made with the help of the Compass Quilters bee group is finished! After finishing the top in September, I dropped it off with Donna to be long-arm quilted in large, circular loops. When it came …

The I-spy economy block quilt

My husband’s niece is pregnant, and I planned to make her baby a quilt as soon as I heard the good news. When I saw her at my stepdaughter’s wedding in June, she had a dainty little baby bump. When we …

Union Jack quilt top

Back in February, I was the queen bee of Compass Quilters, and I asked my bee mates to make Union Jack blocks with my free pattern. Most of the blocks arrived on time, but I was waiting for a one or …

Castles, pandas and balloons

It is August, the eighth month, and I have eight humidicrib quilts finished – one for each month this year. Hurrah! In an earlier post, I wrote about finishing the castle and panda quilt tops. Since then, I have quilted and bound those two …

Possum Magic: Round 7

We are finally at the end of our year of Possum Magic, and I have just added the last borders to Jane’s quilt top. I say borders, plural, for a reason. This border is a joint effort and includes both …

Whimsical quilts

I am catching up on my humidicrib quilts. I have sewn quilt tops for June and July. By next month, I might be up-to-date or even ahead of my self-imposed schedule. I have been planning to sew the castle pattern …

Pincushion swap

At Rebecca’s suggestion, I signed up for the Instagram pincushion swap (#IGpincushionswap). Rebecca knew even before I did that I have a pincushion problem. Now that my parcel has safely arrived at its destination and I have received mine, I …

The big reveal

Earlier this week, at one of our regular sewing mornings, my sewing group revealed the finished projects made as part of our round robin swap. The rules of our swap were simple: each person taking part put together a bag …