A few fun things!
This virtual teaching thing does have its advantages; this week I had a few adventures with friends and, started and finished a project just for me! I had been wanting to solve a problem with my patio chair arms – they get wicked hot in the sun and their edges were just a wee bit […]
Reviews: Generic ruler foot and Acorn Easy Press Fabric Treatment
I’m working now on a large trapunto, almost-wholecloth quilt with some random piecing inserts and I’ll be using ruler work for the trapuntoed circles. Here’s a test piece, a trial run on which I’ve tested the circles and played with various fills: I also took a great ruler work class at the Folsom Meissner […]
A failure, a finish and the future
Note: I have 2 posts today because they are on very different subjects. You might expect me to recount my year, given that it’s New Year’s Day. It was not a “bad” year, but it certainly was a frustrating one. I have very little completed work to show for the year and this is the […]
What bleeding, silk and Houston have in common
Oh a lot has happened since my last post on my Houston Auction donation quilt. After I left you last week, I blocked my quilt and set it in the sun to dry, a mere 2 hours in the sun. And the baby blue silk faded into a putrid color, ugh. Also, I apparently did […]
Trapunto donation quilt for the Int’l Quilt Association
I was running behind on making a donation quilt for the International Quilt Association, the non-profit umbrella organization behind the Houston Int’l Quilt Festival. IQA asks teachers to volunteer a piece of their work for a fundraising silent auction held at Festival. I’ve donated each of the previous 5 years I’ve taught there and did […]
