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Finishes And A Quilt From The Past
Happy Superbowl Sunday! This has been a good week for finishes over here. I wrapped up the binding on Lindsey’s Love Notes quilt. She was happy to receive it right out of the washer and dryer! This is the quilt I made for her when she was on a school trip to Paris last year. […]
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Summer Pattern Sale!
Three of my favorite summer patterns will be half price on Craftsy all summer long! You can find these three patterns for $5.25 each HERE. Nautical Table Runner QCP-304 Seaglass QCP-109 Third Seasonal Trio QCP-103 So come and get your summer patterns while the weather is hot and the sewing room is hopefully cool! This […]
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Projects And An Assistant
It’s been a good week of learning new things. I bought a new applique book by Jeanne Sullivan. It has a lot of information in it and many beautiful patterns. I’m struggling to find the method of applique I like the best. I can tell this is going to […]
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Love Notes and Applique Wannabe
I find myself obsessing lately about applique methods. I haven’t done much traditional applique as I’ve been a huge fan of fusible applique since I began quilting in 2004. Thanks to quilt stars like Karen Kay Buckley and Jill Finley, I am now obsessed with learning how to do it correctly and efficiently. I purchased […]
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NYC and a Long Arm Finish
It’s been a few days since I blogged but I have a good excuse. Leah and I took a trip to NYC with her dance studio. We had a fabulous time traveling with friends and seeing the sights. This is the second time we’ve done a weekend in NYC with this group and we all […]
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So much stuff….
I didn’t realize how many days had passed since my last blog post. I thought about posting several times over the last few weeks but each time I got overwhelmed by how many pictures I had so I bagged it. It has been a fun and busy few weeks here with the junior prom and […]
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A Finish!
I had a finish over the weekend!!! Yippeee!! Drum roll please….Amanda’s Love Notes quilt is complete! A close up… I started this quilt last April while Amanda was on a school trip to Paris. I knew I’d be anxious every day […]
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A Canal, A Campus, A Bridge & A Binding!
Happy Wednesday! Another full and busy summer week has vanished into thin air! Thursday Lindsey, Leah and I had a picnic by the Cape Cod Canal. We walked along the canal up to the Sagamore Bridge. I took some photos but they are a bit dark as it was a cloudy day. It was also […]
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Top Done & Cross Stitch
Another busy week around here. Last Wednesday we made the trip to University of New Hampshire for a campus tour. Friday was mine and Greg’s 21st wedding anniversary and Saturday we went to a tour of Simpson Spring which is the oldest bottling plant in the US. We toured the small facility and tasted yummy […]
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Update For The Week
It has been a very busy week around here. Leah turned 13 on Friday!! That makes teen daughter #3! When I think back to when the girls were really little, I couldn’t really imagine what life would be like when they were teens. Now it’s here and I can hardly believe it. Life is fun […]