Yellow Brick Road

My niece, Jaymi, and her boyfriend recently got engaged which gave me an excuse to make a quilt. I decided on the Yellow Brick Road pattern and started gathering fabrics in pinks, greens, and blues. Here’s the top before I sewed the blocks together.


This is the first real quilt I put on my new quilt frame. I was so nervous that it took 4 tries before I figured I had it on straight. Then it took another couple of weeks before I could summon the nerve to even take a stitch. I got it about two-thirds done before I ran out of throat space on my sewing machine (great excuse to get a bigger sewing machine!) and had to turn the quilt on the frame. That was a trick! It’s like working on something backwards while looking in a mirror (I think).
And then I had to fight with Devan’s cat who thought it was her personal hammock!

I finally got the body of it quilted and took it off the frame just in time to break down the frame and make room for my Dad and stepmom's visit. I’ve been doing a meandering stitch on the border and should have it done in the next few days. 

Yellow Brick Road

My niece, Jaymi, and her boyfriend recently got engaged which gave me an excuse to make a quilt. I decided on the Yellow Brick Road pattern and started gathering fabrics in pinks, greens, and blues. Here’s the top before I sewed the blocks together.


This is the first real quilt I put on my new quilt frame. I was so nervous that it took 4 tries before I figured I had it on straight. Then it took another couple of weeks before I could summon the nerve to even take a stitch. I got it about two-thirds done before I ran out of throat space on my sewing machine (great excuse to get a bigger sewing machine!) and had to turn the quilt on the frame. That was a trick! It’s like working on something backwards while looking in a mirror (I think).
And then I had to fight with Devan’s cat who thought it was her personal hammock!

I finally got the body of it quilted and took it off the frame just in time to break down the frame and make room for my Dad and stepmom's visit. I’ve been doing a meandering stitch on the border and should have it done in the next few days. 

New Bracelets

I have been crocheting beaded bracelets until I'm nearly sick of them! But they are so fun. And pretty, too! Although I got a late start in learning how to do them, I was able to complete quite a few as Christmas gifts. My 4 sisters and aunt loved theirs. Many of my coworkers got them, too! Then it dawned on me that I hadn't kept any for me so had to make some more! I found a website, http://www.beadwrangler.com/, where I ordered several of Lydia's bead mixes and those have turned out just beautifully. Here's some of the results:




My sister, Debi (prankster that she is), sent me these teeny tiny #15 beads to try. I had to create a "starter" to use to attach the little ones to because my fingers were too big to wrestle with them. And I had to get out the bright light and superduper magnifying glass. Using the #11 beads, the bracelets are about 3/8 inch wide and the using #15 beads, the bracelet is about 1/4 inch wide.


Now it's time to get back to quilting.

New Bracelets

I have been crocheting beaded bracelets until I'm nearly sick of them! But they are so fun. And pretty, too! Although I got a late start in learning how to do them, I was able to complete quite a few as Christmas gifts. My 4 sisters and aunt loved theirs. Many of my coworkers got them, too! Then it dawned on me that I hadn't kept any for me so had to make some more! I found a website, http://www.beadwrangler.com/, where I ordered several of Lydia's bead mixes and those have turned out just beautifully. Here's some of the results:




My sister, Debi (prankster that she is), sent me these teeny tiny #15 beads to try. I had to create a "starter" to use to attach the little ones to because my fingers were too big to wrestle with them. And I had to get out the bright light and superduper magnifying glass. Using the #11 beads, the bracelets are about 3/8 inch wide and the using #15 beads, the bracelet is about 1/4 inch wide.


Now it's time to get back to quilting.