Still working it…..
NOTE: There will be no blog post next week as I will be traveling. See you on Oct 17th! After that, one more post before Houston and another break. Will you miss me? This will be a short post – I am going to be out of town for a few days and I just […]
Maybe this will work….
The applique/trapunto project continues to grow and ask me for more, not letting the simple or “git er done” to prevail. So here’s what she asked me to do this week: I wanted to feather that border, it needed something that justified the central block: Ah, she asked for feathers, but not just regular […]
Hodge podge of a week with some highlights
I completed nothing this week except creating and editing teaching videos to support my 3 hour Straight Line Ruler Work class. Ruler work on a domestic is pretty difficult to show live. You kinda need 3 hands and it’s hard to not block the camera with your hands. Other teachers will not be surprised […]
The Grandson Project
This was a fun one! My Grandson is learning his alphabet and one of my students, Traci, practiced her free motion quilting by making quilted letters for her Grandson. I totally, 100% got the idea from Traci; thank you! I started out by just using batting between two layers of fabric, but I thought […]
Labor Day family visit and Houston prep
It’s been a super busy week but there are not that many photos to share. My son prefers that no photos of children be posted online; you know how people can do bad things with them. But I do have a few photos to share. We had the most wonderful get together; it was a […]
A fabulous seminar, more applique/trapunto work, preparing for a family gathering and The Biggest Takeaway from the seminar!
What a faaaaaantastic week I’ve had (if you go Th to Th)! I had 18 talented, eager, prepared, well equipped and enthusiastic students for a 2-day Seminar at Meissner Sewing‘s main location in Sacramento. I billed it as a beginner’s class, but about half of the students had experience, several of them quite talented […]