There is light at the end of the tunnel for those who are crazy enough to stick it out. I have managed to prepare all the leaves (all 224!), and have started applique-ing them on the blocks: I am on schedule even though my week has been leaf-ily uneventful. That worked out well as I [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The end of the tunnel!
Posted in Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, Quilts: Pieced & Applique, tagged Northcott Twilight Garden, The Quilter on October 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Needlework: My “McMansions” Project – Part 16
Posted in Needlework, tagged Counted Cross Stitch, Sampler Game Board, The Drawn Thread Design on October 29, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Good day, my bloggy friends! I haven’t posted an updated on my McMansions project for a while, but I am still working on it on and off. Here is a picture of the latest progress: Compare the last progress picture I had posted: I don’t have that much to go…. I am quite eager to [...]
I took the plunge and…
Posted in Quilting, Quilts: Civil War Bride Quilt, tagged Bird of Paradise Quilt, Bird of Paradise Quilt Reproduction, Civil War Bride Quilt, Hand Applique on October 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
… started on the Civil War Bride quilt over the weekend. Aside from magazine projects, I get bored easily with just one project. So, I like to have a few going on at the same time that I can work on in rotation. The original quilt was called the “Bird of Paradise” quilt, and its [...]
196 to go!
Posted in Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, tagged Northcott Twilight Garden, Quilting, The Quilter on October 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
ONLY! Good day, everyone. Thanks for the positive comments on the Northcott’sTwilight Garden fabrics. Some of the brown fabric is being used for making leaves — 224 of them! As you can see, I still have 196 to go from the latest progress picture (note that I had to hand-baste the stems down because they [...]
I am branching out!
Posted in Quilting, Quilts & Projects: Upcoming, tagged Northcott Twilight Garden, The Quilter on October 26, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Happy Monday, everyone! I have embarked on my next quilt for The Quilter‘s May 2010 issue. This is a rather new experience for me in that I will be working with fabrics tending to be more masculine. These are from Northcott’s “Twilight Garden”: I am especially in love with this brown: I will have more [...]
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