Here are the antique Northwind quilt blocks with alternating homespuns completely finished. I love the way it looks with the subtle binding. It is going to provide many years of comfort and pleasure. Previously, everything sat in a drawer. Good rescue? Yup! Here is a close up of the work. See how well the homespuns blend with the Northwind blocks? They must be of the same era. The seller thought … 
This is a tired old quilt top that once was a full quilt with a batting and back, tied with colorful yarn. Someone undid the layers and the top was sold in an antique store. I repaired the damaged places, added a batting and muslin backing, quilted the Baptist’s fan and . . . Voila! After quilting and binding, the stains are still there, but Overall, it is absolutely …
This white on white quilt was a wonderful challenge for me to make. A friend commissioned a white quilt, and sent an Irish Linen tablecloth to be used as I desired. She wanted lots of textures, so I incorporated three different weights of linen, many tone on tone fabrics and many white on white fabrics along with some muslin. The overall effect is quite nice. It is very subtle, very …
Look at this funny block! The maker used about 10 different fabrics. When the cheddar ran out, oh well, just substitute pink! And the backgrounds, well, they’re just backgrounds, right? I love the “make do” attitude. So I continued in that vein and made do with the fabrics I had. I had a similar background fabric, well similar in color at least. And I patched the cheddar …
I picked up this ottoman at a garage sale for a couple of dollars. It seemed comfortable and it is about the right size to use in place of a coffee table. I thought it would look cute with a tray and some candles and a couple glasses of wine on it. It is a rectangular piece the same height as the love seat I reupholstered a couple weeks ago. …
I have been busy processing scraps this past week. I need to practice long arm machine quilting skills too, so I sewed random scraps together according to a note book lesson I’m taking and have come up with this. It will give me spaces to try borders and blocks of various sizes. I used an old sheet for the back of the quilt sandwich. For the filling of …
I finished reupholstering the love seat last week, I just placed it in the dining room temporarily until I finish the rocking chair and get rid of the old furniture. I am very pleased with it. I have about 2 yards of the linen fabric left, probably not enough to do the rocking chair, so I went to purchase more, and of course they are all out of it! Hopefully …
This is such a difficult loveseat to reupholster. I decided to do the arms different, I didn’t like the pleats it had in it before. They came out nice and smooth, I like that. The back is a whole different issue! It is attached with the “loose” cushion look. I don’t have a clue the order it was put together, and the pieces don’t make sense. I’m taking this step …
OK, the cat got it’s head sewn on. I was tempted to leave it without clothing, so I moved on to another project and just let it hang around a while in the buff. By the way, I stuffed it with wool clippings and scraps. It is pretty heavy for it’s size and has a good weight. It also has a cute belly that helps it sit really well. …
Monday had me all over the place with sewing projects. Here’s what was going on. In the background, there are 2 memory bears waiting to be stuffed. The cotton pieces are parts to a Lemoyne star that need to be marked with the pencil. The cat is waiting to get the head attached and clothes made. I made up four Lemoyne stars to cement the method into …