What to do when...

What to do when you buy a new pillow and then when you are making the bed realise that the pillow is not the standard size?  Answer: grab a piece of Hoffman and sew a pillowcase.  I used to wonder how people were able to topstitch so precisely at the edge.  Answer, #5 foot, needle over one position to the left.  Easy.

Little project

Just in time for 2013- I made a journal cover with embroidered initials and year. 

Cheating..

These are the two Asian fabic quilts I am working on. 

Stitch in the ditch foot.

Back of one of the quilts.

Yep, the new gadgets make it so easy that it is like cheating.  The stitch in the ditch foot makes it so that I hardly have to look to see where I am going. Having fun exploring the potential.

Pink Princess

In between a busy work schedule I made this for a little girl who loves the color pink. Great fun to make.

A Whole New World

This is a very bad photo, but you can see a glimpse of the new world I have discovered. Machine embroidery.  My quilts will soon be adorned with words and such. 

Sewing Time

I have had some blocks of available time for sewing so I finally was able to tackle Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Trips Around the World.  This is a pattern that I have wanted to make for years.  When Bonnie came to San Diego a few months ago I was unable to get into her class which was doing this pattern so I resolved to do it on my own.

Here is the progress that I have made so far..36 blocks.  I think that it is big enough, although I am sure Bonnie with her gigantic quilts would disagree.  Still playing with the layout.

Latest Quilts

Here are two of the latest quilts for which I have photos.  The black and white quilt was commissioned for a baby.  The request was for a baby quilt that is black and white with splashes of color.  It would be nice to have the baby's name on it.  So I decided that pinwheels would be fun to make.  I put the baby's name in morse code on the top border of the quilt.

The second quilt is one I made of bits of fabrics for a woman named Judy who is in my quilting class.   Judy has been downsizing her stash in preparation for a move and has been giving me the fabrics.  I love Judy's fabrics, they are bright and cheerful.  I told her that if I had gone to the store they would be the ones that I would pick. So, I made a lap quilt for Judy so she would keep her fabrics with her.

Long time No Post

Time does get away. I have been busy making lots of quilts. Here are the six I made for a wonderful family with five daughters adopted fom China.