Posts filed under “Sewing”

New Name

I am really bad at naming things for example, we had a cat and I named her little girl for lack of a better name. So when I needed a name for my block tutorial I came up with wonky star ring but it just sounded funky. When Machen und Tun made the block she called it [...]

Wonky Star Ring Sighting

The sweet lady over at Machen und Tun made the wonky star ring block!!! You should go to her site to see it. If you would like to make one as well I have a tutorial here.

Amazing Blog Friends

Last week I was spoiled by two wonderful ladies. The first package to arrive was from Anne. She recently made a block that had smocking in it and I commented on how I wanted to try smocking. She sweetly offered to pleat me some fabric and send it my way The next package was from [...]

Fabric

When in Nevada I did something I never do, buy fabric without a purpose! I found a quilt shop and decided I would buy a quarter of a yard of anything I liked.

Neck Tie

Since it is so hard to find neck ties for toddlers, I decided to buy a used mens tie and make it smaller for my son. I started out with this tie. And ended up with this one. All in all it was quick and worked great!