Quilts | Embroidery | Fabrics
My tulips are about 6 inches tall now. We had a semi-warm day today, so they shot up a little more. It won’t be long until I have a blaze of pink and white in my garden. This is one of the varieties that I planted this year. Maybe I have been stuck inside too long […]
Eventually, Spring will come… Read More »
I am busy designing a quilt pattern based on the Ohio Star block. This block is easy to sew (as long as I am precise) and is a great basic shape to edit. All the shapes begin as a square, so there are lots of possible variations. This is the first block. I love the
This star is from Ohio… Read More »
I have been busy drawing embroidery patterns, which is good and bad. I have spent a lot of time drawing and redrawing, and stitching and stitching again. Quilt patterns are a lot easier! Last year my garden club had a florist demonstrate some interesting wreath arrangements. I thought an embroidery pattern based on a wreath
Cabin fever is setting in. I was looking for a photo of vintage fabric to put on the web site I am trying to build and ran across a link for vintage dress patterns. This one is from the late 1920’s. That was such a sophisticated era for fashion. I wasted far too much time
Another cold, wet day! Read More »
Most of the day has been spent working on a web site. All I can say is I am glad I don’t have to do that every day! I have also been experimenting with coloring the background on an embroidery block. The technique is to draw a picture, color it with colored pencils, scan it