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Fabric Pine Trees in Moonlight Under a Starry Sky

Fabric Pines Under Various Moons

December 31, 2022

Inspired by an image I saw, I decided to create my own version of a winter quilting block. The basic idea is to cut out various size “pine trees” from your favorite fabrics, … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags fabric art, quilt block, quilting, sewing
Althea helping with the quilt border

Rough Diamonds Charm Quilt

November 30, 2022

This is the story of how I created a small, simple quilt using a charm pack (42, 5″ pre-cut squares). Eight months ago, when I was just beginning to learn how to quilt, … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags cats, charm packs, kittens, quilt, quilting, sewing
Shop Hop Quilt from Severy

Shop Hop ’22 Redux

October 15, 2022

Earlier this year we participated in our first quilt store Shop Hop. Basically, you visit participating quilt shops and register for prizes, pick up small gifts, etc. It was fun and when the … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags Central Kansas Shop Hop, quilting
Quilting

A Few of My Favorite Things

July 30, 2022

Quilting and painting and baking and gardening (and kittens!), these are a few of my favorite things! I had a very unproductive month in July (not counting the setup of a new home … Read more

Categories Art, Cooking, Food Drink, Gardening, Watercolors Tags baking, gardening, kitties, painting, quilting
Shop Hop 22: Collectible Squares

Our First Quilt Store Shop Hop

May 29, 2022

We recently did our first quilt store Shop Hop, details below! The way it works is you visit participating area quilting and sewing shops. You show them your guide and they put in … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags old sewing machine, quilting, sewing, Shop Hop 2022, Singer, Singer sphinx
Favorite Quilts from Sunflower Journey Show

Sunflower Journey Quilt Show

April 28, 2022

We attended the Sunflower Journey Quilt show in Abilene, Kansas in late March. I’d never been to a quilt show, so had little in the way of expectations. What we found was a … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags Abilene, quilt show, quilting, Sunflower Journey
Sunflower for Ukraine quilt block

Learning to Quilt

March 23, 2022

Continuing were I left off last post, I’ve created a few new quilt blocks and I’ve done my first bit of actual quilting! I’ve created a number of different blocks over the past … Read more

Categories Hobbies, Sewing Tags quilt blocks, quilting, sewing, Ukraine, Wonky Heart
Another Quilt Block

Sew Far, Sew Good!

March 1, 2022February 28, 2022

In late January, I started teaching myself to sew. Following the traditions of my grandma, a noted quilter, and my mom, who sewed like many moms of the 60s, it’s something I’ve wanted … Read more

Categories Sewing Tags Bernina, quilt blocks, quilting, sewing, sewing machine
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