Basting a Quilt

https://youtu.be/k5SddGTu9xA There are lots of ways to baste a quilt to prepare it for quilting. If I'm quilting free motion or with a walking foot, then I prefer to use curves quilter's safety pins. I usually end up crawling around on the floor. Here is what it looked like on my Gears quilt. What is…

Cutting Fabric Appliques with Cricut: Method 1

Today's project is an adventure in fabric cutting with my Cricut.  I have the Explore Air 2 which advertises that it will cut "bonded" fabric.  They have a newer, more expensive, model that has a rotary cutting tool that is supposed to cut more fabric types, also. Bonded fabric just means fabric that has a…

Raw Edge Applique Free Motion Quilting Style

https://youtu.be/y5f8_ItiA2g

February Vintage Christmas Cross Stitch

I am not a fast cross-stitcher, so I think I chose just the right pace for my Lori Holt Vintage Christmas Cross Stitch. One square per month is totally doable.

Nebula Month 2

My month 2 blocks for the Nebula Block of the Month are done.

Project Progress and a Teaser

Hello to all my fellow creative types.  In the real world, we spent the week worry about and then celebrating the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.  I don't know about ya'll, but all of the turmoil of the last year has really exhausted me, and so the second half of…

Heart Mini Wall Hanging

With Christmas out of the way, it is time to start a new year of crafting. It's also time to play with our new toys. The new toy in my craft studio is an Accuquilt Go Me and a handful of their smaller fabric dies. I wanted to give it a go with more than scraps, so…

2021 Project Progress

I'm all recovered from my kidney stone episode from a week and a half ago, so I was back to the day job all week.  That has meant a lot less time relaxing and stitching, and a lot more time wondering if I've signed myself up for too many projects all at once (Hint: the…

Love Lives Here

This cute hanging sign was pretty easy to make.  This was one of my first attempts at layering multi-colored vinyl together.  I have been exploring crafts with the Cricut Explore Air 2 that I got for Christmas. I found the heart shape sign itself at Target already painted with blackboard paint.  There are three colors…

Accidentally Stitching Along

 Have you ever accidentally joined a sew along? Late last fall I was doing a little stress-based online shopping (ahem, it was 2020) and finally decided to pick up a couple of quilt patterns that kept catching my eyes.  The two quilt patterns are Vintage Christmas and Sew by Row both by Lori Holt of Bee…