Baby Girl’s Quilt

May 29, 2012

Finally, a new project to show you! Although I have been busy working on various things in my new craft room, I haven’t been motivated to update my blog. It’s hard to get anything done lately with the second trimester honeymoon over and only 8 weeks until baby girl arrives. Because this is our third [...]

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See Shani Sew Like Crazy

September 15, 2011

Earlier this year I mentioned my insane plan to make 6 quilts for Christmas; each one being a present for our nieces and nephews. I started one and it remains unfinished. I’m not panicking just yet but one of my friends did mention that Christmas is less than 15 weeks away. Say what? 15 weeks [...]

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Work in progress: Kiana’s Quilt

March 17, 2011

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and I’m getting into the spirit of things by quilting. Are you thinking emerald green and shamrock appliques? I hope not because that’s a little too granny for me. There’s nothing really St. Patrick’s Day about my quilt except for the pattern which happens to be “Irish”. The single Irish Chain [...]

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Fabric Stash

March 10, 2011

A few weeks ago, I started a disappearing nine patch quilt for one of my nephews. I managed to finish the quilt top in one week. It’s hideous. Seriously. I’m too embarrassed to even post a picture of the work in progress. Instead of continuing to work on my disaster (and yes, I do have [...]

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A pretty quilt for my little monkey

December 14, 2010

With Christmas less than 2 weeks away, I’ve been frantically cutting, sewing, pressing, cutting, sewing, pressing. I spent Sunday evening hand binding Olivia’s quilt. Now my lovely brown and pink work of art is complete! I chose the the brown and pink print from my collection of “scraps”. It goes perfectly with the cherry tree/blossom [...]

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Sophisticated black and white quilt

November 28, 2010

After some initial frustration and 4 days of picking out sloppy topstitching, I am now excited to say that I’m finally finished my very first quilt! Here it is, nicely pressed and folded on my couch. For my first quilting project I chose a simple hourglass block. Each finished block measured 12 x 12 inches. [...]

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Hitching a Ride on the Quilting Bandwagon

November 8, 2010

Now that I finished my playroom storage project, I’m taking a short break from the woodworking and going back to the sewing table. I haven’t really sewn anything for awhile. My dear friend, Ange of All Trades has been trying to get me to join her latest crafty adventures in the age old art of [...]

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