I keep hearing about all these modern quilt guilds that are popping up all over the US. I miss my old craft group that would meet regularly in Atlanta. Thomas has found a new group of geeks to hang out with at the Brussels Hackerspace. And now my best crafting buddy here is getting ready [...]
Yay! I finally finished my blue/green vintage sheet quilt (quilt #3). Thanks for all the feedback on the border, but I decided to just skip it and add the binding. For the back, I pieced a row of the three solids together with another vintage sheet. I think I used about 15 different [...]
Before I moved from the US, I collected a bunch of vintage sheets – yellows for a different quilt and blues and greens. Last year, I made half of the blocks for the Candy Bar Road quilt with the blue/greens, but got bored of my fabrics and set it aside. Yesterday, I pulled it out [...]
I love the idea of Handmade Holidays, making or buying handmade gifts to give, but the doing is always the hard part. With our recent travels, it was a little tricky, but I did squeeze in some time to make 3 small items.
My friends with babies have mentioned that burp cloths are hard to [...]
When I got back from the US and collected my mail from my neighbor, she looked at me kind of funny. We get by communicating on minimal French, but I’m sure she would have loved an explanation of this package…
What a clever reuse of packaging! It was from my ornament exchange partner at [...]
