Geckos in Black – Simplicity 1544
This is a repeat shirt pattern I made for hubs for Christmas of 2016. He likes to wear novelty shirts on Casual Friday at work and he asked me for another shirt. I showed...
Yearly Archive: 2018
#ChristmasInJuly
Christmas in July? SERIOUSLY? Lots of the quilty blogs are featuring Christmas in July posts this month and I get it…really I do. It’s a gentle reminder to get busy planning and making holiday...
Solution to Wheelies and Long Dragging Stitches on my Longarm
For those who have been following my blog for any length of time, you know I’ve been griping about having long, dragging stitches in my quilts. This issue has been plaguing me since I...
Storing WIPs – The ArtBin Box
Someone had asked on a Facebook group that I am in for long arm quilters how we stored our works in progress. Several months ago I found the perfect solution at Sam’s Club. The...
My Fabric Vacation
Hubs and I just took our first real vacation since 2011. Oh, we have 3-day weekends at the coast but these past 10 days we caravanned to New Orleans, Louisiana with 4 other families...
Fall into a Quilt Along – Hedgehog
I need to start another block of the month like I need a hole in the head. But… this little guy is SO cute! It only took me about an hour to make the...
Quilting with Claudia Pfiel
On May 14-15, 2018 I attended my first-ever quilting class. It was held at Over the Top Quilting (OTTQ) in Cedar Park, Texas (west Austin). I found out about the class late last year...
WIPs Mother’s Day Weekend 2018
Just a short note to share the latest things recently under my needles. We just came back from the coast with my step-mom for Mother’s Day Weekend 2018 and we had an absolute ball. ...
Easy Furry Animal Tails
I got a text from my son last week that said, “Are you able and willing to make Callie another white tail with Velcro for her pj’s? It broke about an inch below the...
Scrap Management, Make Your Own Pre-Cuts
This is just a short post to show everyone how I manage my scraps when I’m finished making a quilt. I use the sides of the extra backing and trim them up as neatly...
