Happy Thanksgiving! Besides all the many blessings I have to be thankful for…… I finished my Fall Into a Quilt-A-Long quilt top yesterday! Too late to enter for the grand prize that had a deadline of November 12th. I already feel like I’m a winner because I love all the blocks and the designers have actually reached out to me and … ….oh there’s more
I try to post fairly consistently. Cause I have a lot to say! I missed last Thursday because….I dropped a screw inside my sewing machine while I was cleaning it out. Couldn’t get it. Tried magnets, tweezers…. (It probably didn’t help when I picked it up and shook it.) That was the morning that the 44th Annual Homosassa Arts, Crafts, … ….oh there’s more
Okay, this is the LAST potholder diy. I’m moving on to hot pads next week. And what is the difference? I’m saying that a potholder actually holds a pot—for instance it should be useful for grabbing the handle or handles on a hot pan or pot. And a hot pad saves your expensive kitchen surfaces when you set the pot … ….oh there’s more
Almost done. Well, it could be done. I decided to frame the blocks with the light tan background with a dark brown and then darker blocks with a happy yellow. Because I didn’t have enough fabric left to do one color around all of them! The nice thing about framing the blocks this way is that if the block is … ….oh there’s more
I’ve been thinking about hostess gifts lately. A lot. Because it’s that time of year. Parties, dinners, events. Since I started making these potholders, I thought that maybe that might be a good gift. Yes? Then I started over-thinking the whole leaving the hanging loop off decision I made for the first two potholders. If I was making these as … ….oh there’s more
Yikes. I’ve had a crazy busy week. Besides the holidays peeking at me right around the corner, the 44th Annual Homosassa Arts, Crafts, and Seafood Festival is November 10th and 11th. Terry is the chairperson for the third year. He is really good at managing the entire thing. He has so many volunteers. And everyone works really well together. It’s … ….oh there’s more
I’m supposed to be putting more of my kitchen linens up today. But I got distracted. Invited to a UFO party. Which I knew about for over a month but waited until the morning of the party to consider what I was bringing as a hostess gift. I’ve been thinking about hostess gifts lately. A lot. Because it’s that time … ….oh there’s more
I’m back to this Riley Blake quilt that was designed to be cut out on the Cricut Maker. All worked out pretty good with the fancy schmancy cutting machine except it was making ragged edges on the pieces until I changed to the denim setting rather than cotton. Yeah, I told you about that last week. Could the blade be … ….oh there’s more
Back to the kitchen. I first mentioned a few weeks ago that I planned on brightening up my kitchen with this Rifle Paper Company fabric English Garden from Cotton & Steel. And I did make an apron! Then I got distracted by the Cricut Maker. (You will not defeat me, Cricut Maker, do you hear me?!) But I’m back on … ….oh there’s more
At long last the very final block came out Tuesday! Seems like forever that I’ve been doing this quilt, right? Block number 12 in the Fall Into a Quilt-A-Long is an applique–easy peasy! The designer for this cute owl block is Vanda Chittenden of Quilting with Vanda. And here’s my version…. This was pretty simple after I finally decided which … ….oh there’s more
