Simba gives the Wavy Log Cabin quilt an early thumbs up. It’s ranking very high on the loud meter. Keeping my fingers crossed that it comes together in the end.
GORGEOUS Spring table runner by Kristin using the Wavy Seam Tutorial.
Very cool wavy log cabin quilted pillow at Area Thrifty One.

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The first quilting book I ever bought was Glorious Patchwork by Kaffe Fassett. It seemed like an extremely frivolous purchase given I didn’t quilt. When I showed up to my first quilting class (two years ago this month) I was delighted to find out we’d be making the Leafy Rosy Quilt from that […]

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Yesterday I taught a class on the Colored Pencil Roll at Esther’s. This student got an A+ for several reasons.

Making colored pencil rolls for her granddaughter’s birthday party favors.
Using one of my favorite Etsuko Furuya prints for the exterior fabric.
Creating it on such a cool sewing machine.

This one was made with all Batik fabrics. […]

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I started this quilt a couple of weeks ago. Slow but steady has been my progress. There will be 35 blocks. 18 wavy log cabins and 17 16-patch set in a 5 column, 7 row format.
There were a few false starts with my design ‘rules’. Nothing a rotary cutter didn’t solve […]

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No, I did not star with Andrew McCarthy in Mannequin. I just look that stiff in all my self-portraits.
This scarf is for Caitlin. She now refuses to partake in any photo shoot that may result in her mug being plastered on my blog. Thank god for 8 year olds that still do […]

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Daylight savings time has our house going to bed before we’re tired. What to do when you can’t fall asleep? Knit in bed. It was my first time. Surprising me the most was how much I liked it. Not tonight honey, I’ve got my knit on. A slippery slope […]

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A blog birthday. Wow. It even surprises me. A huge hug for all of you that read, comment, blog, and shutterbug.
To celebrate I’m sharing my favorite embroidery book. I took these photos way back in December. They’ve been sitting out on Flickr waiting to be tended to. For […]

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all photos courtesy of Jessica at Seedpod
OK, I’m really bad. I meant to get this post up last Thursday when the auction for this gorgeous charity quilt began. Jessica at Seedpod organized a Denyse Schmidt Blockswap one year ago this month. She used one block from each participant to create this charity […]

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Our power went out again last night. This time I was ready.

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