Ta Da Done – weeknight quilting

Never say never: my adventure with a rag quilt

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”

6 weeks

The company I work for has an amazing benefit – every few years we get an extended amount of time to focus on balancing our work and our life, while doing some professional development or volunteering. This is my third sabbatical – after 19 years. I chose volunteering as my activity and got to makeContinue reading “6 weeks”

2018 in review – volume 3

Today I wrap up a summary of all the crafty things I did in 2018. I am hoping this blog can be more of a journal in 2019, not just an annual report. Lots of baby quilts in 2018… here we go… A bit of improv and a lot of my favorite colors. This quiltContinue reading “2018 in review – volume 3”

2018 in review – volume 2

Next up – BAGS! First, is letter-writing kit bags. This became my go-to present in 2019. I even created one for myself 🙂 It is super handy to have a little bag in my work bag with all I need to drop a note to someone – including stamps (that seem pretty elusive inContinue reading “2018 in review – volume 2”

2018 in review – volume 1

The beginning of the year! When I am conscientious about moisturizing and blogging. Here goes… I made a lot in 2018 – lots of baby quilts, of course. And finished up a lot of WIPs. And I also did this magical thing where I abandoned projects I didn’t want to finish. Very scary and liberating. Continue reading “2018 in review – volume 1”

Another baby quilt recap…

My destiny is baby quilts. Which is ok – because I love them. With a baby quilt, you can finish in a weekend, use fun colors, and try out some ideas. Here is a recap of some baby quilts I have made in the last few months… This is based on an Elizabeth Hartman classContinue reading “Another baby quilt recap…”

Improv

Hi – I had a lot of fun making two improv baby quilts. This goal for the first one was to use about a bunch of 1/2-square triangle blocks. I learned the trick from Jenny to sew an extra seam when making 1/2-square triangle blocks so you have a whole other block, rather than aContinue reading “Improv”

WIP update

I had lots of goals in April and got taken away by some new projects. I only got 3 things done, but I did reduce my backlog to 22 (from 23 at the end of March). Here is what I got done: Blue and purple project Linus quilt completed. I am not completely in loveContinue reading “WIP update”

March ta-da done

I had a lot of aspiration for March – stuff to get done. LOTS. 12 projects – 3 per week. That may have been a TAD unrealistic. I did make progress on some things… I made the first row of my ombre tessellation quilt. Here is Toby really inspecting my work. His tail is aContinue reading “March ta-da done”

Hustle

I finished this little quilt for my new spacious cubicle. The actual cross stitch took me frickin’ forever. I was afraid to use different colors than what the pattern called for, but I didn’t use the midnight blue aida that the pattern called for. So the finished product is a bit hard to read. IContinue reading “Hustle”