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A Mother's Quilt - in process
My oldest friend Cathy (seriously, we were in first grade together) has a daughter Michele who has two daughters Anna and Elizabeth. Anna is now in middle school, and Elizabeth is in third grade....
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Friday Finishes
Michele's quilt made from her daughters' baby and toddler clothes is complete. It's sturdy and big and full of memories. There are even a couple of sashes included on the front. Michele is excited...
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New Bag Pattern - and some channel quilting
You guessed it: time for another bag pattern. Here are all the parts ready to go - back body, front body, side panels, lining, interfacings, zippers, handles. The pattern is the Dot Dash Dot bag by...
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Pre-Zipper Bling Dot Dash Dot Bag
I know what you're thinking. FIVE ZIPPERS? No. Actually there are six, including the one recessed into the top of the bag. This is my first Dot Dash Dot Bag, pattern from SewSweetness. I say first...
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Zipper Bling
I spy with my little eye six zipper pulls - grey cylinder handing from the bag's top zipper which you can't see, three pulls on the horizontal zippers, and two on the bottom curved zippers. Here's the...
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Dot Dash Dot for Chris
Here's the Dot Dash Dot bag for John's sister Chris. Once she blings her Zippers, I'll do an official post (and once I have access to a computer again...)
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Little Runarounds
These little RunAround Bags are perfect for - well, running around. They are 7" x 9", sturdy, and a most excellent way to use up scraps. The directions are clear, and the results are fabulous. Think...
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Zipper-dee-doo-dah
Zippers and parts for two more Dot Dash Dot bagsTwo more RunaroundsThe backs of these Runarounds
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N - 1 = The State of Things
If N represents what I need to finish these two bags, then N - 1 is what I have. I need the rectangular slides to make the adjustable straps. So it goes. More often than not, N - 1 = my state of...
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A Dot Dash Dot Bag in the Mail
For over 10 years I taught English at Hyde Park High Scool and had some fabulous students. Bridgette Wiltz, Class of 1990, is one of those people. She was in my Freshman Honors class and was an eager...
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Aeroplane Bag for Cristina
Do you have people in your life you cannot say no to? Cristina is one of those people in my life. She began sewing with me when she was in 7th grade. And now she's graduated from the University of...
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All Retreat Projects, Great and Small
I promised myself I could keep making bags and things with straps the past two weeks IF and only IF at the retreat I would work on the Trips Around the World for Teen Living, our fall charity...
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Too Rich? Too Thin? Too Much Quilting?
Never! There's something soothing to me about laying in rows and rows of quilting, knowing that I'm making a quilt that will hold up to years of use. Back to soothing...
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All my bags are packed
and ready for the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild meeting yesterday and a little demo talk on different bag/purse interfacings. I used, with her permission, a chart that Sara Lawson created for her Purse...
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Modern Quilting Advice from Coltrane
"I want to progress, but I don't want to go so far out that I can't see what others are doing." John Coltrane (September 1960) I joke with the family about fulfilling their quilting needs. Grandsons...
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The End of a Great Fabric
When I see something at a great sale price. I overbuy. This gold wavy on brown fabric was one of those sales - I think I bought six yards of it. And then of course the more I use it, the more I love...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Quilting
Head up to studio to clean, organize, put away, prepare for making zippered bags and little runaround puses. Work on John's jeans belt loop. Fire up my only non-computered sewing machine, my Daisy...
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Little RunArounds with Marcia Derse
Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boyGotta leave the house. Gotta try to not get hair gel on the keyboard. Gotta remember to do the other eye. All the gottas. But all I really want to do is play with these...
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Running Around with Saturated Colors
Runaround Bags - 7" x 9"One side has a zipper, and there's even a little pocket on the inside. The other side has a nice deep pocket. The strap is long enough so that the bag can be worn across the...
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No Apologies: I Like To Sew
And that's what I did this weekend. Just sew. Six Mors bags from my "Too Ugly to Live" batik collection (batiks are sturdy and don't need a lining and are perfect for that Sunday morning walk for the...
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