I started reading the blog at Sew, Mam, Sew! this fall, which got me interested in Amy Butler. After listening to a very interesting interview with her at CraftSanity, I decided to visit her website. I learned there that her fabric is sold in Valley Junction. Since it’s my birthday, I dropped in with my…
Picture this. I’m talking to my sister on the phone. She hears me using the sewing machine. “Are you sewing?” she asks. “Yeah,” I say. “What are making?” “Guess!?” I am exasperated that she would even ask. My stash pile is LARGE. I think I’m up to 29 blocks. Someday, this will end. When the…
I’m up to 18 blocks, 8 1/2″ square, all of them are crazy. Although my oldest, again playing the role of the experienced quilter and being very proud that she never used the same fabric twice on her pillow, quickly pointed out that all of my blocks look the same. Here are the fingerless mitts…
January means decluttering and organizing for many households. I am joining the bandwagon and decluttering my two drawers of fabric scraps. They are crammed and I get crabby every time I open one of them because I can’t get anything out unless I dump the entire drawer (usually). The answer? A crazy quilt. The solution…