
I am a quilter - a retired widow living in the Nebraska Panhandle. I am surrounded by beautiful semi-arid ranch country, and treeless hills and fields under incredibly wide blue skies, located far from the upheaval found often in large towns or cities. I am blessed to have delicious time to quilt and to appreciate my peaceful moments in an unpeaceful world.
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Increasing size of my finished quilt
Sunday, May 01, 2022
That hard-to-remember FLOAT calculation
My first calculation resulted in a "float" of about 3.5 inches ... uhh, doesn't sound right. Oh great, a slight error when mixing my lengths and widths, having the mess all crumpled up on a too-small work area. LOL But even realizing the error, I sure like looking.
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Tiny faux flange
I finished another "I Spy" quilt - have no idea why it takes me so long to get things DONE these days but ... here it is .............. uhhhh oh great, another issue to take up my fleeting time.
New computer a few months ago, photos somewhere else, options different, etc. I wanted to show you the tiniest of toooo-kewwwt flange on the binding, but Blogger has tricked me again and I'm tired of fooling with it. Trust me - it's there, and the best part of this "I spy" quilt. (now how did I get THIS photo????)
Monday, April 11, 2022
"Mo-Jo" found again!!!!!!!!!!
I'm still heeeeere!!!!!!!!!!!
Remember a previous post where I was sorting my ever-increasing pile of boring light and dark scraps? This is what happened -- 16 blocks, on point. More strips had to be cut for this WIP!
I've been working on the border and faux flange binding of our group Raffle Quilt. Here are some teaser photos - not allowed to show the full project. We chose to feature "low volume" and "taupe". There were some doubts as each block maker checked their stash and wondered "what were they thinking?" Never fear ... the planners had faith!
I still remember how to make these cheese loaves. Yum - had to give one away or I would have gobbled both and been sorry! Even better toasted for breakfast.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Less than enthusiastic
I've been putting off a job - clearing out my huge trash basket next to the sewing machine. Sometimes, good stuff remains on my sewing desk and I just swish all those unknowns into the huge trash basket, mostly to clear it off my mind. A few crumb block items were made recently from the top layers, but its depths remained undisturbed for years. Today was the day. The 6 ft. picnic table was dragged from behind the sofa and set up for WORK! I figured, lights, medium lights, darks including black and reds, bright kids prints, and several packages of "too good to throw out, but presently useless."
Here is yet another mess! Nothing except the woven trash basket seams worth keeping! Perhaps I've already used up the best parts? ...perhaps I should press it all and trim ... maybe an Internet search to Walmart or Menards to invest in another small storage cabinet ... there went 2 hours on the computer!
With so much unused, sorted, pressed yardage nicely folded up in other cabinet drawers, it seems almost pointless to use up these bits and crumbs. Maybe this mess needs to "cook" for a while .. maybe I should just make up a few 9-patches and see what happens, maybe a double strong cup of coffee??? or, perhaps I should just return to the collection of "I spy" prints, stored in another cabinet. OK brain, concentrate and do SOMETHING!!!!
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Still Here - Making "I Spy" quilts
Some of you kindly sent me "cutsies" - I'm using them. They are so bright and colorful - again, thank you to all. More kid/toddler quilts to come - this one will be ready when needed. I only quilted little curvy loops in the white borders and left the cutsies unquilted. The white was quilted from left side across the jaggedy line to the right side - simple. As simple as these little squares were, I blanked when it came to their assembly.
My days have been filled with working on a Guild Raffle Quilt. Our local gals made the blocks and then the sashing strips - can't show you - I've been working on the border that brought the size up to Queen size.