I love making. I love pulling stuff out of my brain and onto paper or fabric. I struggle with requests for specific colors or patterns. But because I am baby-quilt woman and every new mom wants “something and grey – very muted” for their babies – I try to find the challenge in the restraintContinue reading “Never say never: my adventure with a rag quilt”
Category Archives: Commissions
Colors for Her
My stepdaughter (SD) has basically eschewed all things girly, especially girly-colored for almost as long as I have known her. When I was a tad bit churlish / naive / selfish, it used to bug me. Because I like girlie things, particularly colors. But now I correctly see this as just part of the tapestryContinue reading “Colors for Her”
Minecraft Diamond Sword Quilt
Update: Added cutting notes and diagram at bottom of post. This was a special request of a friend at work for her daughter who loves Minecraft. Definitely not a quilt I was looking forward to, all solids is not really my thing, and these colors are not girly. Plus I had to design the pattern,Continue reading “Minecraft Diamond Sword Quilt”
The Slightly Less Unruly State of Things
For the past 4 weeks, I have been chugging along at finishing about 2 quilts a week. They were small quilts, mostly done, and I have gotten good enough at machine binding that it doesn’t embarrass me to finish quilts this way. This weekend my pace got a lot slower. On Saturday we went andContinue reading “The Slightly Less Unruly State of Things”
Commissions in Gray
One of the things that makes me happiest is when a friend asks for a piece of custom work. It does wonders for my ego, as well as give me a chance to design something with someone else’s style vantage. First up – some dinosaur earrings. They are made using plastic dinosaurs and an outdoorContinue reading “Commissions in Gray”
weeknight quilting 