Posted in Block of the Month, Quilting, Sewing, tagged Block of the Month, QAYG, Quilt as You Go, Quilting on August 1, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Our 1 pm class for the Block of the Month sampler quilt just completed their final block…the Star of Virginia. NICE!!!! Aren’t they gorgeous???!!! Now next month they will begin joining them. The 4 pm class started joining theirs yesterday and they are coming together beautifully. Can’t wait for you to see them put together. But we’ll have to wait till next month. 🙂
Posted in Little Known Facts, Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, tagged Featherweight, Singer Featherweight on July 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Singer Featherweight is a model of domestic sewing machine made from 1933 to 1968. They are portable, with a flip up bed that allows them to fit into a neat little box. They are highly valued among quilter’s as they make an amazing stitch. They are also fairly quiet. Singer first made them in black. Then they added white and tan. Several years ago I acquired my first one at an auction. It is the black one made in 1946. Last year I added the white from 1964. And I search for quite some time to find a 1961 in tan. I recently got it. (They are shown in the photo here with and without their cases.) There is a tradition of naming Featherweights after women. I named the black one Nola Mae for my paternal grandmother, the white is Lucille for my maternal grandmother and the tan is Barbara Ann for my mom. These three women taught me to sew and to love crafting. I feel like I finally hit the TRIFECTA of Featherweights! I love these three little beauties.
Posted in Art Class, Paint Party, Quilting, tagged Barn Quilts on July 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Beautiful….spectacular….amazing BARN QUILTS!!!! These ladies did lovely work yesterday afternoon at The Studio while the crazy thunderstorm was raging outside. Barn Quilts look great outside on a barn, fence, shed or garage and inside on a wall. If you like quilts or Americana you will love these. Watch for another session soon and join in the fun.
Posted in Block of the Month, Quilting, Sewing, tagged Block of the Month, BOTM, Quilting on July 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Our six quilters in the 2022 Block of the Month class did beautiful work this weekend at class. They have completed four blocks now with just eight more to go. Great work ladies!
Posted in Block of the Month, Quilting, Sewing, tagged 9 Patch, BOTM, Disappearing 9 Patch, QAYG on June 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The 2022 Block of the Month class got off to a terrific start this Saturday. We made the 9 Patch and Disappearing 9 Patch Blocks for our sampler quilts. Great work. Love the fabric choices and can’t wait to see the end results!!!
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Workshop/Retreat, tagged baking, birthday, Bread baking, Cakes, Ovens, quilt on June 5, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I spent a delightful weekend with a group of talented quilters at the “Piecemakers” Retreat in Roxbury, Pennsylvania. I learned so much from them and they were all so generous with their knowledge. While there I worked on a baking themed quilt for Sister, who is a terrific cake and bread maker. She came up from Georgia to stay with Lincoln so I could go to the retreat when my regular sitter had an emergency out of state. As her birthday is in a few weeks and I had planned to make this quilt for her I decided to move it up so that I could give it to her while she was here. She loved it….and so did Paisley, her little Yorkie. I think Sister will have to share it with her. Happy Early Birthday!!!
Posted in Quilting, Serendipity, Sewing, Travel, Workshop/Retreat, tagged PA, quilt, quilt retreat, Quilting, quilting retreat, Retreat on June 3, 2022| Leave a Comment »
It’s the quiet before the storm….storm of sewing, that is! The Quilter’s Retreat started yesterday afternoon and while I didn’t get here till early evening I tried to catch up by sewing until 11 pm. And now, as usual, I am the first one up. I just can’t seen to sleep past 5 am. It’s kind of nice in the quiet minutes before all the machines fire up. I can’t wait to see what everyone is doing! More to come.
Posted in Block of the Month, Quilting, Sewing, tagged Block of the Month, BOM, Quilting, sewing on May 30, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Our first Block of the Month groups continued yesterday working toward their sampler quilts. We are almost there as we did block #9 and #10 – the Virginia Reel and the Dutchman’s Puzzle. These were a little more challenging than some of the others we have done but as you can see everyone did great! We only have two blocks left and then we will start putting them together. I can not wait to see them come together and see how everyone’s fabric choices turn out. Stay tuned for more next month. If you are interested in giving quilting a try we have another Block of the Month group starting on June 18th. We have two seats left so register now if you would like to learn or improve your quilting skills. Click here to register.
Posted in Quilting, tagged coffee, Coffee Quilt on May 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I finally got Lincoln off of my quilt long enough to finish it. I love it! I found the coffee saying fabric at a quilt show and then found the cups and beans fabric at Michael’s. I love how it turned out. A FUN quilt!
Posted in Quilting, Sewing, tagged bird block, birds, quilted birds on May 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Just learned to make these little freestyle birds. I love them. And it is so much fun to work without a pattern. Just GO FOR IT!!! I see a quilt coming soon…..or at least a tablerunner. 🙂
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