Tag: Sewing

Book bags for grad school girls

I’ve been quiet on here lately, but not for lack of doing. Problem is, when you are making gifts, you can’t post them until they have been given! So here I present one of my recent projects – dreamed up for my friend Jill… Continue Reading “Book bags for grad school girls”

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Fourth quilt of 2011 finished!

Finishing is always the hardest part – binding a quilt is tricky for me, but this time I took a little more care than normal. It didn’t make it easier, but it did turn out better than many of my bindings have in the… Continue Reading “Fourth quilt of 2011 finished!”

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So far planted in 2011.

Now here’s the garden update! The last couple of days have been really cold and wet, but despite all that, the garden seems to be moving steadily into spring mode with tulips starting to emerge and lots of lovely budding branches (like the raspberry… Continue Reading “So far planted in 2011.”

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International post.

I’ve been a little gift-fairy lately and handed out all sorts of stockpiled presents that were cluttering up my sewing room. Above is a potholder that made it all the way to London (UK) in less than a week. Used for last night’s dinner… Continue Reading “International post.”

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Scrappity-scrappity

Don’t have much to say today because it’s a running around kindof day – so here are some pictures of a quilt top I finished last night. A double-sized made from scraps from other projects (except the white sashing). Now I’ve got to baste… Continue Reading “Scrappity-scrappity”

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