Another busy week of working on The Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival. This week I was updating the website. I think it turned out pretty well. I did manage to get some sewing in just about every morning–not as much as I’d like to, though. Last Tuesday, October 10th, two new Merry Quilt-A-Long blocks were released. I just finished … ….oh there’s more
Where have I been? Crazy town! That’s where! But I think I’m back. This is a busy time of the year for us. Terry is the chairperson of the Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival and I’m on a couple of the committees and also do the website. Plus for the last several weeks I’ve been volunteering at the the … ….oh there’s more
Remember those embroidered sugar skulls from last week? I thought I’d make them into pillows. But I needed some cool fabric for the back. And ordered one yard of Folklorico Baile de Calaveras from Fabric.com: I was going for the sugar skull look and also the whole Frida Kahlo vibe was pretty cool. But when the fabric arrived I loved all those … ….oh there’s more
First SIX BLOCKS done of the Merry Quilt-A-Long! Only six to go! So far they’ve been easy-peasy! I had to skip block 3 when it first came out because I didn’t have any red quilting cotton. This is all I needed! Those 4 little rectangles! I had planned to order some Kona cotton from Fabric.com and Hurricane Irma headed towards … ….oh there’s more
Back in August, Terry, Maggie, and I went on a road trip to North Dakota to spend two weeks with family. It’s a long trip. Four days traveling and three uncomfortable nights in a dog-friendly hotel because of a small geriatric pooch. Fortunately for me, Terry doesn’t like my driving. Ha! (I’m a very good driver–wear my seat belt, drive speed … ….oh there’s more
It’s been seven weeks since I mentioned my “Tell Me a Story” quilt. I’ve been looking at the bits and pieces on my design wall but that was it. Just looked. Until Hurricane Irma started it’s wobbly journey across Florida. While we still had power, I transferred the hand drawn bunny renderings to fabric and heat n’ bond lite. Then … ….oh there’s more
Since I put notices on my last two posts about Hurricane Irma, I thought I’d let you know how we handle a hurricane. (This won’t be a DIY post!) First, we don’t panic. I moved to Florida in 1982. If you’ve lived in Florida any length of time you know that you have to be ready for tropical storms and … ….oh there’s more
An update on our situation with Hurricane Irma….. Wanted to let everyone know that Terry, Maggie, and I are fine. Other than a lot of tree debris, which we have already cleaned up, our property was not damaged. Lots of wind but no storm surge–we were very fortunate. Now anxiously waiting for the power to come back on and cable … ….oh there’s more
I checked this link on 1/9/2021 because this is a very POPULAR post and I wanted to make a few more for my son-in-law. The link goes to a site that is “parked”. Sew4Home.com also has a tutorial for the soup bowl cozy so if this link continues to go nowhere, I would suggest you go to Sew4Home.com’s site. I’ve … ….oh there’s more
Last Tuesday, “I Wish You a Merry Quilt-A-Long” released two new blocks! I thought it would just be one every other week, but not this time. The first was a pieced block, Santa’s Belt. Looked cute but I didn’t have large enough pieces of red fabric! What? I ordered a fat quarter bundle just so I’d have every color possible. … ….oh there’s more
