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Sloan Travel Bag
This is the Sloan Travel Bag by Sara Lawson, and I like this one very much. Diligent blog readers know that I am crazy about Sara's Aeroplane bag and have made several. It's been my go-to bag for...
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The Process Pledge
Kitting Trail Totes with zippers and hardwareDo you know Rossie Hutchinson? She's from the Ann Arbor area and one of the first who made me aware of modern quilting with her quilt Double Plus Good. In...
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For Julie
One half of this 98" x 114" quilt Julie is the middle of my stepchildren, the older of the two girls. She just turned 50, has made some serious life changes, and works very hard. She was out of town a...
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Turning Jackets into Totes
These are Arabesque purses, a free pattern from Sara Lawson at Sew Sweetness. It's one of my favorite purse patterns - see the Index on the right bottom of this blog. While I would normally use Soft...
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The Die is Cast
For almost two years I have had three yards of a knit print - Dotted Boulevard, an Art Galley Jungle Avenue knit designed by Sara Lawson. I even bought some patterns. But truly I don't know how to...
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Scrappy Log Cabin in Process
I have scraps. My scraps have scraps. Seriously, I have several baskets of scraps. And every so often I use them. This project is one of them. But don't confuse a scrap project with a crap...
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Bags in Process
Did you see this fabulous Sloan Travel Bag I finished a few weeks ago? I love how it turned out and decided to use these fabrics I bought in New Zealand last spring to make two more bags. These...
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Two Sloan Travel Bags, Completed
These Sloan Travel Bags (pattern by Sara Lawson of Sew Sweetness) are completed, and I am very pleased with them. Our trip to New Zealand last spring was of the nature and hiking variety, not the...
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Basting, Sleeving, and Gifting
Steps for basting my scrappy log cabin:1. Prepare backing from various leftover fabrics2. Spread on the studio floor3. Call John to help arrange the batting and top4. Put the studio tables together...
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Top 10 of Quilty Procrastination
10. Finish basting the cheery scrappy Log Cabin and make the binding.9. Retype my log-in and password cheat sheet. 8. Study what's on the design wall, a piece named "Carolyn Friedlander meets Yoshiko...
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Really Stepping Out of my Safe Zone
(forgive the rather long introduction of how I came to evaluate the Craftsy Class on Essential Techniques for Sewing Knits...)I am a quilter who also loves - thanks to Sara Lawson's various bag...
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Today in the Studio: A Picture Post
Using these peppered shot cottons and a smaller version of my elliptical drunkard's path template to make a 40" by 45" wall hanging for my living room.Packing up "Jazz Piano" to gift to the Siena...
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The Chicago MQG Retreat at Siena Center
Eleven 6" rows of every color in the spectrum. My design wall is 7' across and 8' down. So this quilt - whether the background is black or light - will be spectacular and big. I'm pretty happy to...
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This Week in the Studio
My sister-in-law picked up her "Hey Mercedes" bag from Sara Lawson's Windy City Bags.Of course I had to make myself one, too.Only one side of the bag has an outer pocket. There are two zippered...
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That Fast-Forward Button of Life
I'm not quite sure how to get out of this fast-forward mode. But I must also say this is the happiest I have ever been. So maybe this speed is a good one. The Firefighter's Mom picked up her son's...
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Work vs Art vs Play
"Work is what you do for others - art is what you do for you." I love these words of Stephen Sondheim from his musical Sunday in the Park with George. For today I am changing the word ART to PLAY....
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International and Local Quilters at the International Quilt Festival, Chicago
I often discover what I like by taking pictures of quilts that catch my attention. The following quilts fall into this category. All were displayed at the International Quilt Festival this past...
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International and Local Quilters at the International Quilt Festival, Chicago...
Today's pictures are all from The Mod Squad exhibit - open only to quilters in the U.S. and Canadian midwest. Survivor is by my friend Jennifer Benoit-Bryan. I purposely didn't crop out the...
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International Quilt Festival - Drunkard's Path Exhibit
This quilt is an example of the traditional drunkard's path - there are 16 blocks here. Each block has a wonderful curve. And you can see the wonderful loopy roadway created by these blocks. The...
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Meanwhile, back in the Studio...
It's T-Shirt Season, and this is the second one. Rory is an 11-year old whose father died five years ago. His mom gathered these t-shirts - the black one in the middle with the sign language symbol...
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