I got a little bit of machine embroidery time last night after dinner to prep for my Tampa Modern Quilt Guild sew day on Saturday. First up is a lace edged heart from Big Dreams Embroidery. This will become my flag contribution for Flags for Boston that the Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild is organizing. They...

The last few evenings I’ve been quilting the Nostalgia quilt. I finished last night and sprayed away my marking lines so it could dry before I bound it. I wasn’t sure what to do in the white area but I wanted something curvy. I played in one of the blocks and figured out this looked...

I didn’t do much sewing last week so I tried to make up for it yesterday. I needed to do two pincushions for a swap I’m participating in and decided to do a few extra mini-pincushions in case they didn’t like the cactus ones. You can get the cactus design from Urban Threads. First I...

Over the past several days I’ve been working on a label. I won’t list the numerous things that went wrong with it while trying to get it done. I’m just glad it is finished finally and looks good! Last night I was stitching out the third attempt of it and while I was babysitting the...

I made two reversible baby bibs for my friend that had a baby on Christmas. I can finally pack her blanket and bibs up to mail off tomorrow! Don’t laugh at my poor gnome, he was the only model I had that fit them since I don’t have a baby. Bib sayings came from Krissy Helvy.  Applique...