a little quilt marking tip (and more finished projects)
So, you know when you have to draw diagonal lines on squares? Sometimes I don’t have a fancy water-soluble pen handy, and chalk rubs off if you’re doing hundreds of squares at a time (ask me how I know)… but if you try to mark with a sharp pencil, especially a regular 2B pencil, sometimes […]
a little school jumper…
So, obviously yesterday was 9/11, and I totally couldn’t handle it. I hugged D so hard at one point he complained (he normally loves hugs)… It’s a crazy day for me, because we could see the smoke (and we were covered in ash by evening) from across the bay (we, my best friends and I, […]
current projects…
last night and tonight: A birthday dress (with navy blue leggings), for a little girl… I cut into some REALLY pretty yellow (and blue and red) fabric from Sew Modern, and made the Bean a little pleated jumper… She’s about to be a Yellow Bird! I’m super proud of the way I lined up the […]
Built like a ROCK.
Before Cleaning: Excitement! TADA!!!! Once I pieced the block (as a test of the motor/power supply), I sat down at the computer, and tried to find out when/who made this powerhouse of a machine. So far, my research shows (according to the label on the motor) that even though she is “badged” World’s Rotary,” she’s […]
Unedited.
Warning: feel free to skip the words and look at the pictures. Just prepare to be disappointed by my pictures. Sometimes I have to remind myself that I started this blog just to keep track (albeit in a public way) of my crafty adventures. I do not strive to earn money by blogging, nor do […]
Me and Roxie
This is Roxie: I have a post, just for her, coming soon. last night, she and I worked for about 8 hours on a quilt top using Jay McCarroll’s Habitat Fabric for an LAMQG challenge (sponsored by FreeSpirit, who makes the fabric)… Roxie is AWESOME (and powerful! and beautiful! and amazing, and EIGHTY YEARS OLD!) ok, […]
ballet dress for a little girl
we have a birthday party today, for a 3yo girl… like most, she likes pink and ballet, so when I saw this ballet shoe fabric at my Bernina dealer, I snapped up a yard, and made this last night…I don’t have a pattern, but I used the peasant top tutorial from indietutes as a jumping […]
Spring Top, more animals, more roses
I whipped this sucker out in 2 hours tonight. LOVE IT. I used the pattern from the new issue of STITCH magazine (though I tweaked it a bit)… the turquoise is a rayon/spandex tissue jersey remnant from Joanns, and the eyelet is an AMAZING silk cotton from Mood. (I treated myself to a stop there […]
“cute” skirts…
Last weekend, I went dancing, which I’m trying to get back into after 7ish years off… I had 2 kids since I was a hardcore dancer, so I definitely don’t fit into all my old vintage or repro skirts and dresses… I currently have TWO skirts that are “cute.” (not stained from kids, fit well, […]
toys for D
as I put D to bed last night, he informed me that I needed to “stay up and make me a felt Harper and some mice for my felt kitty”uh… ok.so here are the mice I made, (on a 1″x1″ grid, so you can see how tiny they are)and the puppy I made…and I used […]