April 2015 – weeknight quilting

Squares!

I needed a baby quilt STAT! for a friend at work. I had three days between when I decided I wanted to make the quilt and when the baby was due. Oy. I went with the old standby of squares and straight line quilting. I restrained my color palette to grey, aqua, beige, yellow, andContinue reading “Squares!”

I Love DS James Hathaway

That is all.

Tiny Rainbows!

I made new pillows for our couch. Again. I think I might finally be happy with these. The last set I made were complex paper piece patterns that were fine enough, but I used a lot of beige linen and it just clashed with our dark grey couch. This time I used the perfect darkContinue reading “Tiny Rainbows!”

Rainbows and Woodgrain!

This is one of my favorite finishes ever. I am often loathe to start paper-piecing projects. They are such hard work. But I fell in love with this pattern by @jeliquits on instragram. I bought a layer cake and a charm pack of Kona solids and spent an hour identifying the colors to use. (I wantedContinue reading “Rainbows and Woodgrain!”

Unhappy Unfashionable Whining

Well, hello. A few weeks ago I got a horrible cold, possibly flu. I had a fever – does that make it the flu? A temporary bump full of manageable misery. I took a sick day. I hate sick days – they make me feel anxious. The next day I had a new job (sameContinue reading “Unhappy Unfashionable Whining”