A few months ago I machine embroidered the blocks for this little snowman quilt.  Then, as usual, I got distracted & never finished it.  Even though it has been hotter than a cat on a hot tin roof for the past several weeks, I decided to go ahead and get it finished.  I layered the 3 layers & then quilted it on my embroidery machine by adding the snowflakes.  Then I added my quilting using my Pfaff.  My grandson's girlfriend saw it the other day & asked if she could buy it to…

In 2011 I started making blocks from the book "Four Seasons at Minglewood" by Debbie Roberts.  As I am prone to do, I made a few blocks & then went on to other projects.  In the interest of finishing some of these older projects I got out the blocks a few weeks ago & put them up on my design wall & then made a couple more.  Then after giving it more thought I decided to make a bed runner instead of a large wallhanging. It is 20" x 92" so there are 2 blocks hanging off the side…

Well, it was bound to happen. I ran into trouble with my new machine.

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I was commissioned to make a wallhanging out of ties by a woman whose father passed away in April just shy of his 93rd birthday.  This was my 1st time doing this so there was definitely a learning curve, but I'm happy with how it turned out.  I will be giving it back to her on Friday.…

It took the poor cleaning lady six hours...

...but our house is ready to show. We listed it on Saturday, 15 minutes before our first showing. In fact, the cleaning lady was still at work when the…

This is the most recent "stash reduction" project. It might take me awhile if I only use them up in baby quilts.  Individually, the fabrics are cute and go well together, but overall, this one isn't my favorite - not sure why.  Hopefully someone will love it.  It is 42" x 42".  Machine quilted…