Kokeshi cushion

I have finished another UFO! This one dates from 2018. My April goal was to turn this kokeshi panel into a cushion. I made it originally as a humidicrib cover with fabric remnants I had bought in Japan, but when …

Octagon baby quilt

With all the attention focused on my stepdaughter and her baby in 2019, I failed to make her cousin, my husband’s niece, anything for her newest arrival. Better late than never, right? In December, I showed hubby a couple of …

‘Christmas Tree Skirt’

I finished this tree skirt three days after last Christmas, or 362 days before this Christmas (as I prefer to think of it), but it has taken me a while to get the pattern written and finished. The project started …

Geese and mountains

I am frantically hand quilting my Christmas tree skirt (any completion date before midnight on Christmas Eve will feel like a win), but I cannot believe that it is almost Christmas and the end of another year. This year has …

No more humidicrib quilts

I have not been shouting this from the treetops, but my goal for this year was to sew one humidicrib cover a month, as I did in 2015. I had a plan for the rest of the year. I was …

Small things

I have a month-long break from study, so I hope to find a bit of time on the weekends to complete a few sewing or knitting projects. To celebrate the freedom, I allowed myself to make a couple of little …

‘Australia’

I am on a roll! Another pattern I have been working on is ready. This pattern is for a foundation-paper-pieced map of Australia. The pattern is for the block only and includes templates for two sizes: 6 inches and 12 …

Nearly there

It seems like the process has taken forever, but I am finally putting the finishing touches on two new patterns, which I hope to release in April. One pattern is for a foundation-paper-pieced map of Australia. It is a fun …

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 …