Monthly Archive: November 2022

Simply Waiting Quilt Pattern!

Introducing Simply Waiting! This quilt top was made in about 3.5 hours this past Saturday!  This is the eleventh Simply Quilt of the year and it’s great for showing off big bold colors and prints.  The quilt used 8 fat quarters and about 2.5 yards of background.

November’s Quilt in a Day tomorrow! (Friday Foto Fun #255)

It’s that time of the month again!  Tomorrow we will be stitching up another Simply Quilt!  Introducing Simply Waiting!  I love the fun hourglasses this pattern creates and I can’t wait to make the quilt. Be sure to follow me on Twitch to get notifications when I go live! Hope to sew with you tomorrow at 9am Central Time!  Or just come hang out and...

Awesome Ocean – Slow but Steady!

I was able to finish the Turtle blocks for the Awesome Ocean quilt this past weekend.  The total time was about 6 hours to complete these little blocks. They are pretty darling, but I’m not really sure if 6 hours was worth it.

Krystal Revisited (Friday Foto Fun #254)

Last weekend, I decided to make another Krystal Convertible bag by Linds Handmade!  I was in Orlando earlier this week for a work conference and had plans to head to Walt Disney World for half a day (Editor’s note: Because of the hurricane, Sherry is STILL in Florida!).  If we were going to WDW, I HAD to have a new bag to go with the...

Change Direction – Finally Finished!

It’s been a long time since I finished the Change Direction quilt top earlier this year.  Given the supply chain challenges last year around this time, I didn’t get the Citified collection until right before I left Albuquerque, so I had to finish a lot of the tops for that collection in temporary living in Minnesota.

Printing Templates (Friday Foto Fun #253)

I wanted to talk about printing templates today.   Any pattern that needs templates, typically a bag pattern or a foundation paper piecing pattern, relies on accurate printing.  Sounds easy, right? Wrong!  So many people have issues printing.  Patterns that need accurate printing usually have a “test block” to measure to ensure it’s the correct size when printed.