When we jump from project to project and then back around again, it often feels like {watching} a chicken peck, peck, pecking away. That’s the way I like to approach my quiltmaking—little bites. Thank goodness I have lots of lists. They help keep me o…
Saturday Odds & Ends
Always a Fight Getting Back Into the Groove
I was finally able to vacate the back office except for the routine, daily stuff. So nice to be able to see my desk again too. Thinking ‘Yay! Gonna have lots of quilting time now’ and then well, life happened. We had a houseful of teenagers over a long…
Be Still My Heart, I Have a New Lap Quilt
Another finish today! Apparently I’m in the mode. This little quilt somehow snuck it’s way into the lineup and just demanded to be. I’ve long been a fan of Victoria Gertenbach’s thread work, but knew I didn’t have her artistic flare {go back …
Slow Quilting in My Down Time
It’s been hectic. The usual mayhem and some extra stuff thrown in as well. So what else is new? I finally got one of my oldest unfinished quilts back from my friend—she of the new quilting longarm business. I asked her to leave the large flowers in th…
Hand Quilting on the Pickle Dish
This is a quilt I’ve had in the hoop probably since the end of July? The goal was to have it finished by the end of September, but alas, there have been way too many interruptions. And distractions. Plus too much time spent reading the latest election …
Catching Up
So I’ve just about completely lost my rhythm when it comes to quilting. That lovely, lovely calming routine of quiltiness I love so much is shot all to pieces these days. I might possibly get to my stitching a couple days a week at best. It’s so pathet…
A March Finish!
First of all, the Scrap Quilt Secrets Giveaway is still open for comments! I have made an executive decision however, that I will not be responding to each comment individually as there are so, so many of them. Wowsers! Lots of great discussi…
A More Thoughtful Process
The giveaway is still open through tomorrow, don’t forget to leave a comment! So… This past weekend was a time for thoughtfulness. I tend to be a thinker and there were {are} many, many things on my mind. Hand quilting often helps me solidify th…
A Little More Hand Work
Don’t forget! Only one more day to link up your Quilty 365 circles! There is so much progress being made and tons of great ideas being implemented. Love it! The first two blocks for my Solids Challenge quilt are completed below. The…
Slow Stitching on Flowers and Flying Geese
Just a quick post ‘cuz the guys are busy with Superbowl stuff. I’ve been stitching on Flowers and Flying Geese here and there. It’s always a bit of a tentative start for me, especially with an applique quilt like this.Flowers and Flying GeeseHow much i…
One Out of the Hoop and Another About to go In
All the hand quilting is done on Muddy Creek now. I love the texture and feel of a freshly stitched quilt so very much. So worthwhile to get to this particular point in a quilt! This one has been giving me a few anxious moments, wondering if my light f…
Keeping the Rhythm Going No Matter What
We had a very white Christmas. So pretty, quiet, and well, wonderful. Except that our oldest son wasn’t with us for the first time ever and that almost made me cry. Growing up is hard to do, even for us mothers.A bit of hand quiltingAlthough I’ve been …
Time For Some Slow Stitching
I’ve been sooo busy this week. Lots of family togetherness and very little time for stitching. I managed to pick out the circles for the week, but only got one actually stitched onto the background fabric. Definitely on my list of things to get stitche…
Doing the Things We Love to Do….
Imagine my surprise when I noticed the leaves outside my quilting room door had the same colors as my latest circles! Hmm… I do love fall and all it’s gorgeous colors. These circles represent days 27 and 28 for Quilty 365, for a total of four we…
Making Time For Hand Work
Sometimes I feel like nothing is ever really getting done around here. All I do is piddle. First on one project and then, on another. Mostly that feeling persists because my life gets very chaotic, but really, trying to keep up with all the demands on …
Another Experiment With Both Machine and Hand Quilting
So here it is, my Happy Geese quilt! It’s been through a lot of changes since I first started it almost ten years ago, blocks completely un-stitched and reset etc.. I was also experimenting with a wonky placement of geese, but wasn’t quite as successfu…
Sunday Stitching
It’s been a crazy weekend, still need to catch up on my emails and blog reading. Lots going on, company, grocery shopping and other family stuff that may or may not get sorted out till later this week.Scrap Basket & Rolling Stones quiltYou can see …
Slow Stitching My Day Away
For those that have inquired, we are doing just fine here in Pateros. We have had level 1 evacuation (lowest level) warnings in place for over a week, but so far, the nearest fires seem to be moving away from us.Keeping it simple…As far as quilting g…
Always, Always Another Quilt in the Hoop
Sometimes it’s hard to ‘see’ how the stitching is going to look in terms of a fully stitched quilt. Everything is right there inside the hoop and there’s no real sense of texture. Once again I settled with lighter colored thread as all the darker color…
My Happy Conversation Quilt
For such a small quilt, this one is taking a long time to finish hand quilting. The problem is, of course, that I’m working on my Fire quilt at the very same time. So… this quilt only gets taken out when I go sit with my cousin or when I have company…
Hand Quilting Away
I can’t believe there are two different quilts in two different hoops and I’m okay with that. Wowsers, am I crazy or what? The flower quilt is not being very quilted very densely, unlike the log cabin quilt which is getting a line of stitching per ‘log…
Finding Balance or Finding my Quilty Self. And Never the Twain Shall Meet…
I think I’m in a bit of a sluggish, slummy slump lately. Never really feeling like I get anywhere. I play, dribble and dabble at things but it never seems to add up. Am I ill? Look at this gorgeous fabric! And I haven’t even cut into it yet. So indecis…
Back To the Hoop
I would love to show you all sorts of progress on my Happy Flowers quilt, but alas, quilting has been rather hit and miss here lately. We survived the yard sale and even managed to get all the remnants bagged up and ready for donation. Yay us! It left …
Getting Happy Flowers in the Hoop
I’m in the mood to work on something springy. With everything else going on, I need a quilt that is fun and not terribly complicated. This seems to fit the bill perfectly, although technically it’s miles down the list when it comes to priority!Getting …
Lovin’ the Hand Quilting
There wasn’t a lot left to hand quilt on Vertical Baskets, so I pushed a little and managed to finish up. It’s a lovely, rich looking quilt and was a joy to stitch on until the last couple borders. Only then did the repetition start getting a little te…
Slow Stitching the Vertical Baskets Quilt
Just a quick update on the current quilt in the hoop. This one has progressed fairly steadily all along. A hoop here and there in the evenings and occasionally a couple intense hours of work all at one time.Vertical Baskets moving along through the sti…
Some Slow Stitching on a Nice Winters Day
Getting a little bit of hand quilting done on the Vertical Baskets quilt. Not a lot, but just enough to start seeing a good pattern emerge. The way I’m stitching directly next to the cable motif in the brown fabric should highlight that fabric especial…