I’ve been doing lots of little things around the house lately, like I’m starting to nest for winter. I’ve cast on a sweater, I’m thinking about slippers and mittens, I finished my quilt, and I’m baking a pineapple upside down cake.
The quilt, one of my longer running projects ever and a constant source of hair [...]
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More Quilt
Posted in Quilting on Mar 17th, 2008
I woke up today feeling extrememly unmotivated and just wanted to stay in bed but I forced myself to get up and work on the quilt. I didn’t get a huge amount done on it, but I sewed two more rows of blocks and I only have either one or two more to go. I [...]
I think Spring is finally starting here in SW Missouri and my allergies are back full force. For the past two days I’ve had a terrible runny nose and headache but at least it’s warm enough to go outside and the sun is shining and the birds are singing. It’s a fair trade, allergies for [...]
Preparing to Sew
Posted in Quilting on Mar 6th, 2008
Here’s a sample of what my quilt is going to look like. I had originally planned on alternating nine patch and solid white blocks in a checkerboard pattern but I don’t have enough white fabric. After doing some googling for pictures of other crazy nine patch quilts, I decided on this. I [...]
It started out raining today and switched to snow this afternoon. For a few minutes we had these huge clumps of snow about three inches across falling hard. I’ve never seen it snow like that before. I’m so glad I got up and looked outside when I did because it only lasted about ten minutes [...]
