Keeping You in Stitches

You might be thinking, "What progress?"  Here is my last picture of how this was coming along.  Besides what is pictured, I ...

The top picture is one I took at home last night.  It's time to start putting the blocks together.  I had to see where I want...

It has been so long since I've posted.  Everyday life has been very daily lately.   I stayed home from church tonight because o...

My view on the trip to Florida this past weekend.  We left on Friday and met my daughter and SIL at the college where he works.  His nephew...

Yesterday I was out and unexpectedly had 2-1/2 hours on my hands.  There was a mix-up as to when I needed to pick up some folks at the airpo...

This shows the meager beginnings of my queen-sized Grandmother's Flower Garden.  I just realized I will want to put half-blocks all arou...

With so many hours in the car (and a few minutes in the house when everyone was gone or whatever), I did some hand sewing on this trip to Fl...

This is my new hexagon project (handwork for traveling and waiting places).  I wasn't going to start one of these, but I like the handw...

Here is a little runner I whipped up tonight.  The "try this new technique" bug bit after I saw the cover quilt on the newest Qui...

Here is the finished Twister quilt from my sewing chair: And a close-up head on (the walls are a light grayish green): I did...

My Grandmother's Flower Garden wall hanging...finished?  Sorta--meaning the hand piecing is finished.  This was nearly finished for so...

I worked on my hexagon quilt a little this AM.  I was staying at the flea market with Rachel while she sold her homemade goodies.  Here i...

I took my Grandmother's Flower Garden wall hanging to work on this AM while Rachel sold food at the flea market.  I got quite a bit fin...

One thing I've come to realize when I'm making a craft:  As soon as I realize I don't like something, take the time to undo it,...

So here is my Grandmother's Flower Garden progress.  I cannot take the mistake I made of ignoring my color layout and placing two cream...

I don't think this is really a lunch box.  It was given to my daughter, Elisabeth, about 8-9 years ago as a secret sister gift.  She has...

I had two completed blossoms in my "lunch box" (which I'll show later) for this quilt, so I watched another movie and stitched...

Saving these pictures was an eye-opener.  These are only the 2nd and 3rd quilt pictures I have saved this entire year.  I knew I hadn't ...

Here is my not-so-professional tutorial on how I am sewing my hexagons to each other.  I have never done a tutorial before, so bear with me...

All three of my kids in braces had orthodontist appointments this AM...that makes me :) because I get to hand sew while I'm in the wait...