I was changing sheets yesterday and decided to change the quilt once again before I switch to flannel quilts for the winter soon.  This one is called “Alaska” a design and kit by Edyita Sitar I made it about 4 years ago I think. A lot of hand quilting went into this one.  Linking to […]

Alaska Wonders

Stunning forest - so much to learn!

My favourite totem pole tells the story of how nets were created for fishing

My daughter's hand next to a cub's scratch ...

These blocks are going much better than I thought they would but I am taking a break from them today so I can work outside and work on hexies.  Here is block number 4 called “Wombat” All four on the wall – and yes as we lay out the quilt they will not all face […]

Finally I got back into the sewing room and got a start on the sashing and cornerstone blocks for the Country Charmer –  all spread out taking up room A little pinned to the wall and you can see how different it looks once you start to add the sashing and cornerstones – pinning in […]

Finally all done with Alaska and some beauty shots taken outside.  I still need to make a label but this quilt is ready for the bed whenever I’m ready to put it on it.   I started to piece this quilt not even a year ago!  It was started on December 13, 2019 – machine pieced […]

I really didn’t get a lot done yesterday although I had planned to but I was outside for part of the day, did grocery shopping, continued reading a book – and before you know it most of the day was gone and I hadn’t been in the sewing room until late afternoon. All of the […]

Yes progress on two quilts – well maybe I should say three as 2 sides of Alaska are now bound as well. But first Country Charmer – the second yellow block is done and on the wall – next is on to the sashing and nine patch blocks and the border  I will share the […]

I really don’t care for the thread I am using on Friends Around the World and decided before I go any further I am ripping it all out and will start over again – now that really isn’t as hard as you might think it is to do and I will be happier with it […]

The big chore of machine stitching the binding on Alaska is done for this big quilt and now to work on the hand stitching for the next week or so – this quilt is about 100 x100 if I remember right. Now it is folded up as I like to stitch binding down without the […]

Yes finally yesterday I got my binding cut and pressed and it is all ready for stitching.  I like to lay my quilt out and using binding clips put my binding on in advance to avoid seams at the corners – I just do this loosely and half the time the clips go flying off […]

I really have no other name for this quilt other than “Signature Quilt” maybe I should change it to “Friends Around the World” I don’t know we will see – how do you think that sounds? – It is now on the frame and work has begun.  As far as getting this quilt on the […]

The stitches were taken on Alaska Monday night!  I’m actually sitting it aside now for a couple days before I begin the binding so that I can finish Lucy and get the next quilt on the quilting frame.  I didn’t prepare the next quilt for the frame like I do sometimes and I need to […]

Just same old, same old here.  Hexies, quilting, and a walk – no outside work was done yesterday and I think it will be raining today so I will get two days off of digging up the flower bed – gives me more time to get some more bulbs I guess! I think you can […]

The end is in sight for both Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and Alaska – in fact they might end up being finished on almost the same day – wouldn’t that be weird.  I was working a lot outside yesterday but I did get some work inside done as well. First this half diamond […]

Before I got busy attaching the side diamond and the bottom half diamond to the row that I had showed I realized I was going to have two yellow diamonds next to each other so I changed it out – the one I changed out was the little half diamond on the bottom that is […]

I think – if I counted right that there are 1,194 pieces in the Lucy quilt – and that is not the most I ever did – believe me the two Dear Jane Quilts I made had many more pieces than that!  Little by little this quilt is getting done –  the lower half diamond […]

Not much got done yesterday for some reason or another so not much to share. I do have a half diamond for the bottom of Lucy picked out and ready to stitch – one more of these and a corner and I will be ready to work my way through finishing this piece Other than […]

Things never change around here do they – quilting, crochet, piecing, yard work and reading! First up I finished the side half diamond for the Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds quilt – now I have 2 bottom pieces- half diamonds and a corner unit to make – then I will get those last rows […]

It was a nice busy day going from project to project and getting in a nice walk outside as well – Don’t you just love it when the high is 73 and sunny – a bit breezy but not enough to destroy a day! A little crochet got done – I finally have the pattern […]