How to Rip

Ripping out.

It happens.

It's not pretty.

 

This is my quick method.

 

1. Choose your tool.

Mine is a small.sharp. pair of scissors.

;)

2. Go along the seam and cut the thread every 1/2" or so.

3. Grasp near the seam tightly!

4. Pull apart in ONE FAST Firm motion!!!!

 

Voila!

Rip is complete!!!

5. Move on to happier things...

LIKE

SEWING!!!!

 

Baby quilts

I make lots of baby quilts.

And once in a while.....

I get to see the quilt.....

in ACTION!!!!

 

 

I love that.

;)

Red and White Love

Scraps and I....

we understand each other.

Perfectly.

They are so UN-Demanding!!!

 

Just the kind of fabric I LIKE!

I thought February was the perfect time

to put some reds and whites together.

 

While camping this weekend

I took my loom along

and had LOTS of loving thoughts

about

SCRAPS!!!

;)

 

 

Slow going

I am a pretty QUICK quilter...

but some things Just take TIME!!!

 

This quilt is ONE of them!!!

It's teaching me patience.

 

I surely need more of that!

;)

These are my tools.

My Mission:

Get this one done for my daughter

before she gets married on

MAY 5!!!

Eeeek!

 

I've committed my Thursday mornings to the task.

No MATTER WHAT I feel like doing!!!

:/

 

Will it get done??
Inquiring minds would like to know...

SO....my friends....

would I!!!!

 

I began this quilt way back HERE!!!

I am appliqueing each finished circle

onto a BIG (bed sized) piece of muslin.

I baste them on...

then I applique them on.

I am NOT following the directions.

:/

Do I EVER????

Nah!

That would be too EASY!

LOL!

Wednesday Work

Weaving with cotton strips.

Pinning an orphan block quilt.

Arranging orphan blocks for a charity quilt.

This one includes a few from Cathy

(Thank you!)

who just sent me a nice big bunch

of orphans

NEEDING a home.

Finishing.

I LOVE this kind of work!!

;)

Baby blue

I pieced some soft flannel yesterday.

5" squares make such

a pretty and simple quilt!!!

 

It's FULL of friendly ducks and lambs...etc.

 

The white flannel sure sets of the pretty yellows and blues...

don't you think??

Can you see the quilting lines?

I used my free motion foot....

put the feed dogs down...

and "wiggled" down through

EVERY block.

;)

I also LOVE a pieced back...

and this one is SO soft and pretty!!!

 

 

Sometimes quilts just

COME together!!!

 

The blue checked binding fabric 

was still laying out from my last project!!!

Isn't it perfecto???

45"x45"

 

The perfect size for a cuddle.

 

 

Lemonade

 

You may know the old saying....

 

"when life gives you lemons...

you make lemonade."

This is my attempt at doing that.

 

These are the lemons.

This.....

Is my YUMMY lemonade.

;)

 

I used my rigid heddle loom....

cotton thread for the warp

and

lots of 1 1/2" strips of fabric!!!

Tablerunner is 11"wide x 37"long