Misc.
« Previous Entries Next Entries »What is a hobby?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008According to hobbyride.com:
A hobby is something someone does outside of his or her profession inorder to relax and to relieve stress. A hobby is usually something theperson enjoys doing very much.
I couldn’t agree more with that statement. A hobby is most certainly something you enjoy doing and most of the time it is done [...]
You never know what you will find!
Saturday, January 26th, 2008Among my organizing a couple weeks ago, I found the USA patriotic wall hanging I was looking for a month ago. I always keep my finished projects together and couldn’t for the life of me understand why it wasn’t where the rest of my finished samples are kept.
Since I store all my class projects in [...]
I actually won a prize!
Monday, January 21st, 2008Last week I received an email asking me for my mailing address so I could receive my prize of 20 yards of fabric!
Of course I was delighted!! It seems I am never at the winning end of prizes or drawings, but I guess somebody has to win and this time it was me.
This box was [...]
I need to catch up on my reading!
Friday, January 11th, 2008I’ve been sorting and organizing in my sewing room and ran across my pile of magazines I’ve received in the mail the last several months. Apparently the last several months I haven’t had as much time for reading. My pile of magazines is bigger than it ever has been!
This summer I skimmed down on some [...]
Merry Christmas!!!
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007May you all enjoy the time spent with family and friends and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas!
graphic courtesy of www.allposters.com
A quilt in less than 5 days – part 7 FINISHED
Saturday, December 22nd, 2007Binding is finished, quilt is pressed and on its way to its new owner!! I think I’ll make another one, but with a few more days scheduled in to complete it! :)
stitching down the binding
finished!! :)
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 6
Friday, December 21st, 2007I’m right on schedule! The binding is stitched on and ready to tack down on the back. A couple hours of hand work and it’s complete!!
Having trouble attaching your own bindings on your projects? Check out this post for how I attach my binding to my quilts and wall hangings.
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 5
Thursday, December 20th, 2007Yesterday was a terrific day for quilting!! I wasn’t able to devote my entire day to the quilt, but I’m satisfied with what I was able to get done.
All the stitching in the ditch around all the blocks and border is complete. The green outside border is quilted with freehand loops. And I was able [...]
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 4
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007The quilt is pinned together, ready for quilting. And it’s not even 9 pm yet! I was able to make fantastic progress today!
all safety pinned together
The first quilting I will do is stitch in the ditch around all the blocks and borders to stabilize the layers together. Then I will proceed with more quilting in [...]
A quilt to stitch in less than 5 days – part 3
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Hooray!!!! I’m right on schedule!!!
I had all the quilt blocks pieced and pressed by noon as originally planned.
And the top is complete with borders, pressed and ready to sandwich with the batting and backing.
before I started stitching…
I’ve been busy…throwing scraps on the floor! :)