My last day of #Needlevember was a free-motion quilted ornament. As I did with many of the November stitched pieces, I sketched or drew a little picture of what I was going to attempt to stitch, then instead of drawing on the fabric I just look at the drawing as I free-motion quilted. It does… Continue reading Redwork Ornaments
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November Quickie
Previous post I shared the palm tree from the #Needlevember challenges; here is the free-motion video . I’ve had fun stitching everyday this month so far. It’s been a challenge first drawing something and then looking at it for reference while stitching on my machine. But I must admit the hand embroidery pieces have been… Continue reading November Quickie
Made it to November
This is a full post, feel free to share it with anyone you think would enjoy the project videos and artwork. October was crazy around here. My husband went in for his second procedure only to find out all was corrected during the first, so happy about that…cycling can commence! Our daughter is finally back… Continue reading Made it to November
Life Changes Plans
This seems to be the year for unplanned events. So I’m trying to roll with them. My husband will be having a procedure for his health in a couple weeks. This is new to us, we have been very fortunate to not have any major health issue in the last thirty five years. So far… Continue reading Life Changes Plans
Free-Motion Quilting
Sometimes things get heavy and I just need a little escape. That’s the time here right now. So I drew a little open wreath in my MeAnndering tablet (actual paper!)… …and then decided to use it as inspiration for a little free-motion quilting. My first thought was to just quilt the open wreath and then… Continue reading Free-Motion Quilting
Quick Stitching
I have two living aunts, one lives near by and recently celebrated her 94th birthday. The other lives in Indiana and celebrated her 101st birthday this month! My mom was their baby sister. I remember years ago when my older aunt and I were talking quilting (she made many things including quilts), she couldn’t believe… Continue reading Quick Stitching
Warm-up Wednesday
Well, I thought about doing this post yesterday with the title Tension Tuesday but Warm-up Wednesday seems to have a better ring to it! I test tension and warm up for free-motion thread play at the same time. After testing my tension and ending up with this flower, I decided I needed to do my… Continue reading Warm-up Wednesday