I know it isn’t the same for all people, but I find improv means I can switch off areas of my brain and reduce the number of things I have to think about when sewing. Recently I’ve made a top, a dress I didn’t like, I’ve put together a...
T Michael Martin, author of The End Games, bought my End Games mini quilt! I can’t think of a more appropriate place for it to live. And whilst it took a lot of work to make, I learned that I’m never doing 1/2″ tiny squares ever again. If you’ve...
I’m not sure what it is about sewing items in 3D, but it rarely goes well for me. Well, maybe bags go well most of the time. About 8 – maybe even 10 – years ago, I took a dressmaking class at my local community college. I learned about...
So my biggest news is that I won a ribbon at MQX for Potato Hank! It was Karen Blocher’s Judge’s Choice. I got this really nice ribbon (lives on my wall above my ironing station now) plus $50, which paid for the return postage, so Hank is safely back...
I finished up another Squiffy bag (the one I started in a class I was teaching some months ago now) and put it in my Etsy shop this past week, which is the first thing checked off my Finish Along Q2 list. It has the usual lining I use...
Back in October, I was putting my 60 degree triangle ruler to use making a quilt for Precut Patchwork magazine (used to be Quilting Quickly). It is made from fat quarters and a jelly roll, all Kona solids. It has now been returned to me! The plan was to...
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been evolving into a “see a project from start to finish” kind of person. I’ve fixed or disposed of the darning projects I had, all but three items of clothing (waiting for a thread colour change on my machine since...
This pattern is Called Our Song Your Reflection, half of a musician and quilter collaboration by Andrea Tsang Jackson. I had to rush to finish it so it could make the brochure and open house at My Sewing Room as I’ll be teaching this in early Autumn. Admittedly I...
I went on a solo drive to Red Deer this Saturday to take a look at the Central Alberta Quilt Show. I probably shouldn’t have spent money – but I did, and I got a milkshake from Peter’s Drive-In on the way which was also a worthwhile experience 😉...
I did a finish! I was planning on hanging it on my wall at work, and I even reduced it down in size so that the starting HSTs were only 3/4″ finish as opposed to 1″, moving up to 6″ on the biggest HSTs to the pattern’s 8″. This...