A few more fails, a fix and a finish
I’ve been itching to make a garment. I saw the Agustina Boxy Top on my IG feed and thought it looked perfect: free download, I knew I had fabric for it in my stash and it was super simple. Ah, not so: I consider this my muslin and I had hoped it would be a […]
Knees, Fails, Paint and Pops!
This week feels like a new season. I had several gigs reschedule and/or go to virtual presentation. It feels good to work again and talk to people that want me to visit! So the gauntlet has been thrown down and it is clear to me, if I want to work right now, I must go […]
Finished – Much in Common!
I finished, just in the nick of time! I submitted yesterday afternoon, with a wee bit of trauma, but it. is. done! I named her “Much in Common”: “The linen tablecloth and I are about the same age. We both have some worn parts and stains, and not everything is symmetrical. It was a pleasure […]
Quarantine Quilting, Week 9: In the home stretch!
It’s really getting down to the details this week. I worked hard all week on my grid work and am about half way through with the bead work. Next up are Prairie Points, attaching the rick-rack and then a piped binding, photos and submission. I decided to triple stitch the grid and I am glad […]
Quarantine Quilting – Week 8: Details!
I hold the notion that most times it’s the final 10% of your quilting decisions that make or break your quilt. I think I have way more that 10% of work left, but only a few decision areas left. All of those revolve around the border. I have gridded the border, no small task […]
Quarantine Quilting Week 7: Stippling, Knots and Hikes
This week I concluded, there is hope that I can finish this quilt in time to be able to submit to the Houston show. Hope, not a slam dunk, hope. I micro-stippled for days-on-end this week. And buried another 1.5 million knots. And just to switch tedious tasks, I finished embellishing 20 feet of rick-rack: […]
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