Category: Making

Blue basket

I’ve been wanting to start another fabric coiled basket for awhile and finally got it going. At this stage I just have to keep coiling and stitching. I want to use up the blue...

Golden houses

I laid out the sunshine quilt again today. The design is morphing quickly. The dark butterfly looks good to me. I’m about half done whipstitching the edge to better define it. She also needs...

Caramel border

I’m in love with these squares. This cloth is moving along much faster than I expected. Because I can’t get enough of the colors and fabrics and threads I’m using. And I really want...

Dark butterfly

An experiment in reconstruction. I wove and stitched fabric strips together. Then cut them apart. Then reassembled them in the vague shape of a butterfly. Then pinned and restitched. A challenge to stitch because...

Biodynamic nine patches

I really have too many projects in progress to start another. But these dyed and printed strips were calling out so loudly to be placed next to each other. Before I really realized what...

Trials

Oh my gosh, the sunshine quilt design is proving to be very challenging. Why should I not be totally pleased with it when it’s all done? This keeps me tinkering and messing around with...