Setting the table is one of my most enjoyed simple pleasures of life: On a particular afternoon, I started setting the table for the company of my family — another simple pleasure: I used my “Simple Pleasures” quilt to dress up the table: Nothing too fancy, I just used my Spode Blue Italian, mixed in [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Setting the table for simple pleasures
Posted in Home Decor, Tablesetting, tagged Johnson Brothers Heritage White, Quilt as Tablecloth, Simple Pleasures Quilt, Spode Blue Italian, Spode Blue Italian Tablesetting, Tablesetting on April 30, 2009 | 21 Comments »
Bernina’s THROUGH THE NEEDLE (Issue 30)
Posted in Quilts & Projects: Published, tagged Bernina, Through the Needle Issue 30, Wendy Sheppard on April 29, 2009 | 27 Comments »
Good morning! I hope you are having a good day. Story of my humble beginning in sewing is featured in the issue: Had it not been for the patient tutelage and encouragement of my quilting mentor and friend, Barbara, I would not have been able to discover the joy of sewing and quilting – let [...]
Tuesday Two Cents
Posted in Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, Quilts: Pieced, tagged Quilting, Square-in-Suare Block, Template Piecing Method on April 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Good morning, Everyone! I am scurrying to get the quilt top pieced for the “Once Upon a Christmas” collection by Benartex: These square-in-a-square-in-a-square look so simple, but not so simple in practice. If you can, by all means, do the “template” or “paper-piecing” method. I liked the template method for this block because it was [...]
My Beloved Camelback
Posted in All my treasures, Home Decor, tagged Camel Back Couch, Camelback Couch, Colonial Camelback on April 27, 2009 | 16 Comments »
For Blue Monday this week, I decided to tell you a little bit of my beloved camel back. No, not the recreational water system camelbak (haha): But rather, my camel back couch: If I had to pick out a favorite piece of furniture, I would probably most likely pick my camel back couch. During one [...]
So many choices…
Posted in Smocking/Heirloom sewing, tagged Australian Smocking & Embroidery, Bishop, Heirloom Sewing, Smocking on April 24, 2009 | 8 Comments »
There are just way too many smocking plates out there for a smocker to use. It took me a while to decide on exactly what to smock and what colors to use for my next bishop project. The smocking plate I decided to use is from an older issue of Australian Smocking & Embroidery (Issue [...]
The Ivory Spring Shoppe
Free-motion Quilting Tips
Link to my THREAD TALK button:
Ladybug in Polka Dotville
Link to Ladybug in Polka Dotville
cover quilt:
cover quilt:
cover quilt:
find my designs here:
find my designs here:
Categories
Archives
COPYRIGHT
CONTACT ME
-
Blog Stats
- 575,908 hits
