Me again! Hey...this Little Wheels quilt is moving right along. Less than a week to get this all finished for the baby shower so I have to hurry! My next challenge is figuring out the inside border. This is the border that will go between the main body blocks and the Seminole border blocks. I… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – How To Figure Out The Inner Border
Category: In the Studio
The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Figuring out the corner blocks
Hey Everyone! I have figured out that I need to make 40 units to go all the way around this Little Wheels quilt. Each of these units look like this; But the problem with sewing diagonal units is that when it comes time to turn the corner the diagonal sewing doesn't work. To rectify this… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Figuring out the corner blocks
The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Mid Section Finished, On to the Border!
Hey Everyone! That's right! I'm on to the borders now for this little baby quilt I'm making. I finished all of the Wheel blocks over the weekend and sewed the rows together. In each of the rows I put a Wheel block of every color. It was a little tricky, sort of like a sudoku… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Mid Section Finished, On to the Border!
The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Just another little quickie project!
Friends, This came in the mail:Most times I like to just go to the store, pick something up off of the registry and be done but this time I think I will actually try to use up some fabric that has been lingering around here for a while...Super cute, right? I mean, who can't fall… Continue reading The Little Wheels Quilt Project – Just another little quickie project!
Sauerkraut, Sea Salt and Free Range Pears
Howdy Ho Everyone! I came home today to just a foul foul fouuuuulll stench coming from my kitchen. PeeEwww! Has anyone ever tried making Sauerkraut? Can anyone tell me if this is normal to smell such a rotteney stench? I've been told that it smells but I'm just not sure if this is the smell… Continue reading Sauerkraut, Sea Salt and Free Range Pears
16 Patch Pinwheel Project – Checking the Layout
Hey Everyone, Well, there's enough 16 patches finished to start putting together a little layout. Isn't this fun to see how the quilt will come together? I keep plugging away and have now figured out that a good size will be using almost 100 total blocks. That's 50 pinwheels and 50 16 patches. All counted… Continue reading 16 Patch Pinwheel Project – Checking the Layout
16 Patch Double Pinwheel Project – How to figure out the 16 patch size
Hi Everyone...me again, I've been working diligently on this project and now that all of the Double Pinwheel Blocks have been re-sewn back together I want to make an equal amount of 16 Patch Blocks to use as an alternate block for this quilt. The problem that has come up now, is how do I… Continue reading 16 Patch Double Pinwheel Project – How to figure out the 16 patch size
A New Used Sofa ready for a Slipcover! And the price was Right!
Einstein checks out the new sofa. Hi Friends, Yesterday, a couple of things happened that amounted to me taking delivery of this slightly lovingly used Flexsteel loveseat. My brother called to let me know he was in town and wanted to come for a visit and Holly's owner called to let me know her Mother's sofa… Continue reading A New Used Sofa ready for a Slipcover! And the price was Right!
Where Were You on September 11, 2001?
I watched just a little bit of coverage yesterday of the 10th Anniversary of September 11th. After the umpteenth time of hearing the story and how the events played out I had to turn the tv off. A study was done about that time covering the post traumatic stress anxiety brought on by watching too… Continue reading Where Were You on September 11, 2001?
Some Reading Material – Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine October 2011
I had an hour to burn a couple of days ago between getting my stitches taken out and driving to my physical therapy appointment so I stopped at Meijer to do some shopping. The only reason I chose Meijer was because I knew I could use one of their in-store scooters to get around!!! I've… Continue reading Some Reading Material – Mary Jane’s Farm Magazine October 2011
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