Geesh, 2007 just disappeared in a puff of smoke. After the wildness of NaNoWriMo (my last post. I know, bad blogger) came the holiday preparations, finishing three large projects (cushion covers, clothes for the Punkin, and a quilt), and then gallbladder surgery the day after Christmas. So I think I may have [...]
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My fabric stash is getting out of hand. Again. I’m back to plopping my new acquisitions into whichever box is easiest to reach. So I thought I’d try to get it in order again, and have again run into the problem of organization. As in, how does one categorize these things? [...]
A Half-Quarter-Square Triangle, that is.
I’m making a baby quilt for a friend. It’s based on the Windmill block, mainly because I like making Half-Square Triangles (HSTs), and Half-Quarter-Square Triangles (HQSTs) aren’t much harder.
Now, my instructions for making the HST patches involves taking two squares, sewing them on either side of the hypotenuse, and cutting [...]
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Something I’ve really had on my heart recently is to make a quilt for Project Linus.
If you’ve never heard of Project Linus, here’s who they are, in their own words:
“Project Linus is a 100% volunteer non-profit organization with a two-fold mission:
First, it is our mission to provide love, a sense of security, warmth and comfort [...]
So, despite getting waylaid by paint cans last week, I’ve gotten my aunt’s quilt to the quilting stage. It’s all nicely sandwiched and pinned.
And here I am stuck.
I tried to hoop it to hand-quilt this lovely wineglass design (this despite my lack of ability to sew even stitches), but I couldn’t get the hoop [...]