sewing: quilted flag

My sewing has slowed way down this year, I’m not sure why. I guess it’s because my interests cycle through different things. I work on something for a while, then move on to something else that seems more challenging. Then I moved back to the first thing, when enough time has passed that it seems

pretty bags (one more time)

My sister, who makes these grocery bags in Japan, says that Japanese postage is increasing in April–so you’d better hop on her great deals before the price goes up! I love this cherry print, it’s so Japanese and spring-y at the same time. Thanks for looking!

projects finished in 2020

             

Christmastime Sewing

My wall hanging was begun at the beginning of the Covid time. I ran out of perl cotton. I absolutely could not order any online. So the quilting around the tree edges was completed with 3 different kinds of threads. I guess it marks what year I made this wall hanging with an easy way

red, white, and blue lap quilt

I keep gravitating to red, white and blue fabrics. Americana is probably my favorite kind of quilt. Consequently I have a lot of red and white fabric (red always says BUY ME) but finding suitable blues is a little more challenging. I have to actively seek out blues. All my prettiest florals, and a few

evening sewing

I’ve been working on a new wall hanging for summer. Can you guess what it will look like? (I bet you figured it out.)

drunkard’s path quilt

I have been in love with Denyse Schmidt fabrics for a long time. I see her described as “vintage” style, but I think that’s true only insofar as the 1930s borrowed a lot from Japanese designs. Looking at my assortment below, do you think so, too? I knew I wanted to use a quilt block

rainbow log cabin quilt

I look at a *lot* of quilting blogs, looking for color and pattern inspiration. I fell in love with this quilt, so pulled out my fabric strips and set to work making something like it. I had to say, “Hmm, I don’t have enough orange. Or enough yellow.” One thing about quilting, is you never

baby quilt in forest colors

I had in mind a “walk through the woods” when I pulled the scrap fabrics to use for this baby quilt. Colors to remind one of nature, with a few florals and little animals to play I-Spy with. I hand-quilted the layers in a diamond-pattern, as you can see above. My intent was to be

a table runner with little birds

I bought the bird fabric with no project in mind–I just thought they were so sweet, and that the right project would eventually come along. The fabric’s name is “All a Twitter” although I don’t remember the manufacturer. The name is such a natural, it was hard to forget. 🙂 Then I was cutting up