About Me
Welcome to my blog! I'm so glad you stopped by to check out all the good, the bad and the ugly tumbling around in my head!
Don't waste any more time wondering if you're good enough. Come join me - because you most certainly are.
All the best - Chris
Posts Galore!
- A Bunch of Tutorials
- Burying Thread Ends
- Fabric Bucket
- Fabric Greeting Cards
- Fabric Paper
- Free-Motion Quilting (FMQ)
- French Seam
- Hanging Sleeve for Quilt
- Herringbone Quilt
- HST (half-square triangles)
- Machine Reverse Applique
- Machine Stitched Binding
- Melon Head Headbands
- Optic Squares Tutorial
- Painting Fabric with Glue Resist
- Painting Watercolor Fabric
- QAYG – Quilting in Sections, Adding Borders
- QAYG with Narrow Strips
- Simple Quilted Laptop Sleeve
- Simple Trapunto
- Stamp Carving
- Stitch and Flip Strip Quilt
- Basics
- Done!
- In Process
- Inspiration
- Projects
- Sketchbook Challenge
- Uncategorized
- A Bunch of Tutorials
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Author Archives: Chris
True Confessions
While perusing some blogs and tutorials on various quilting techniques and projects (I can surf during lunch, but am too completely slammed by the time I get home to fire up the ol’ sewing machine for anything more than an … Continue reading
Rock On!
I wish I could share a bit of the progress I made on any one of the dozen or so quilt projects that I churn about with at any one time, but ummm . . . nothing. Not. One. Stitch. … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration
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Slow and Steady . . .
It’s no surprise that my 15 minutes per day of quilting on this queen size baby makes for slow going. Yes, Mom, sometimes I do stretch it out to longer than 15 minutes, but some nights I can’t quite … Continue reading
Gone in Two Generations -
She had a soft, perfectly oval face, with an enviable Irish complexion. Wrinkle-free well into her later years, her skin belied the fact that she was indeed a farmer’s wife with a brood of noisy kids with the accompanying chaos … Continue reading
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What I Can Do in 15 Minutes
I decided this past week to use a little trick taught by Lyric Montgomery Kinard in her series of blog posts a while back about continuing to create even when life doesn’t seem to give you time to do so: … Continue reading
Posted in Round Robin Projects!, Scrap Quilts
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Working Out a Balance
The Job That Pays Real Money (JTPRM) has changed again, and this time it looks like it will be a real full-time job. I haven’t worked full-time since before DS#2 was born – during those crazy years in the early … Continue reading
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My First Selvage Project!
You know I just couldn’t take my Round Robin start to the IMQG meeting in a Tar-jay bag, right? Or worse yet, an ugly plastic bin – no way!I had to go ahead and make a little selvage tote . … Continue reading
Posted in Done!, Selvedge Tote
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The First (Round) Robin of Spring
OK, so the title is only a LITTLE bit tortured, but I’m sort of feeling a turn in the weather recently and it’s all GOOD! Best yet, the sun is starting to peek over the horizon when I’m driving too … Continue reading
Mementos to Savor
Time for a collection of fun images from recent weeks: 1. This is the pincushion that I got in the Modern Quilt Guild pincushion trade from Lauren Tolhurst from Vancouver. Is this just adorable or what? It has a … Continue reading
Posted in In Process, Inspiration, Scrap Quilts, Scrappy Trip-A-Long
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Scrappy Trip-A-Long – a(nother) start?
(Isn’t my sweetie kitty pretty? Funny how this delicate, 9 lb purr-y bundle of silly can turn on a dime and have the attitude of a irritated Dobie. With retractable claws. Just sayin’.) Anyway, I decided to start a … Continue reading
Posted in In Process, Inspiration, Scrap Quilts, Scrappy Trip-A-Long
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