Vacation Time

I don’t have anything to report this week because I am on vacation with my family for Spring Break! We are having a blast visiting family and exploring . I honestly haven’t been able to get any sewing done but that’s okay. I will tackle everything...

Finished Quilt Design

It is so much harder than I thought it would be to plan a quilt design.  Part of the problem is that I’m not confident enough with my free motion quilting yet to plan on any kind of design that would require me to use that technique. This means I am limited to...

Finished Quilt Top

I finished it! I knew if I just hunkered down I’d be able to get this quilt top finished and I did. It’s really not complicated but there are definitely elements that I am proud of. First, the applique work that I had to do. Last week I focused on the...

Tackling the Blanket Stitch

The blanket stitch.  This has been an intimidating stitch for me to learn on the sewing machine. I’ve done it by hand a few times and I love the way it looks but it takes forever to complete a project. Naturally, it was the first applique stitch I experimented...

Free Motion Quilting Is Hard

What a week.  I kicked things off last Saturday with the day at a quilt show in Sacramento. It was the same show I went to last year and I had fun then but it was definitely more enjoyable now that I have more experience under my belt.  At each booth I knew all of the...