Block 10 in pieces
I’ve been sewing this week. I picked up Moonglow last Sun when I had a nasty headache and needed to just sit and chill. Fabric cut, pieces pieced, add a another couple of nights with some sewing time...
View ArticleThe end is in sight
I have lots of progress to show you this week. I decided to give Moonglow more attention. It really has been waiting long enough. So I finished those two blocks I showed you pieces for last week. These...
View ArticleFinal block
I haven’t had a lot of sewing time lately, first with the knitting olympics, then with summer and socialising. But it was too hot yesterday to do much, so I spent the afternoon sewing. And finished the...
View ArticleA milestone
I’m a firm believer of there being multiple finishes for a quilt. The first is finishing all the blocks. I am very happy to say that with the completion of my mariners compass block on Monday, I’ve now...
View ArticleNever ending borders
I finished sewing together my moonglow blocks on Sunday. They came together so quickly, I started to have delusions of grandeur: that I’d have a finished quilt top to show off come Friday. Then I...
View ArticleAugust roundup
I got a lot done this month on the craft front. There was the mad rush of knitting during the olympics and the skirt I’m learning to make. But the real star of this month was completing all my moonglow...
View ArticleStill plodding along
I thought I’d be finished with this huge (in terms of sewing) border by now. But this week I turned into a rather social butterfly, which meant almost no sewing time last weekend, through the week or...
View ArticleA finished quilt top!
Yes, you read correctly, now wasn’t that worth the quietness around here lately? I cut most of the block pieces and put my first stitches into this quilt in Sept 2010 (we won’t count the first start...
View ArticleLooking back at November
With one thing and another going on, I haven’t done a monthly recap since the beginning of the year. Thought it was time I started it again. Especially as I completed a milestone this month. So once...
View ArticleCrafty 2012 in review
Yesterday I summed up life in 2012. Today I thought I’d look back at my sewing and knitting progress in 2012. First up: knitting! I made my first pair of socks (thanks Granny) And my second. A shawl Or...
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