I am at the quilting stage now. I read on Patricia's blog that she uses a sheet of glass over the quilt top to test different quilting designs. I think it is a brilliant idea. I don't have glass so I used a piece of transparent plastic (the one used for laminating paper); you need water soluble pen then test, test, test... I can't say that I have too much patience when it comes to … [Read more...]

Isn't great that my name has only four letters? It was even greater that I have a sister - Nina -  who was able to do the embroidery. And she was here when I needed her! I would have needed hours of practice to do it myself! … [Read more...]

One of these days started great! I spent a few hours strip-piecing faux leather. I needed a 70-square piece. Final size of the squares -  1". It was so enjoyable. You couldn't believe  how easy it is to achieve accuracy with this material. It sticks to itself so well, making matching seams so easy. The topstitching is not for decoration but for keeping the seam allowances open. I … [Read more...]

Today I wanted to try something new, so I started to play with a Tanya Whelan fabric bundle. These are not the colors I usually use but they are so lovely. The second new thing was this grid quilting. Whenever I see a large quilt quilted with such a grid, I have a great admiration for the quilter. It's easy to quilt  small pieces but for large quilts I imagine a lot of patience is … [Read more...]