Sunday
March 19th
2006

Quilting with Patches and Shadow: Nowhere to sit

You know, awhile back I bought a nice new office chair to replace the chair that was falling apart and bad for my back. So now I have two office chairs in my sewing room, one for the machine and one for the computer and I still have nowhere to sit, thanks to the cats!

Shadow sleeping in my computer chair

The other day, I get up from the computer, move Shadow off my lap where he’s in residence anytime that I’m sitting it seems like, and leave him in the chair since I’m such a nice Mommy. I went to sit in the other chair Read the rest of this entry »

Off the Bookshelf—Quilt Savvy, Gaudynski’s Machine Quilting Guidebook, by Diane Gaudynski

$Quilt Savvy: Gaudynski\'s Machine Quilting Guidebook$

Quilt Savvy: Gaudynski’s Machine Quilting Guidebook,
by Diane Gaudynski

I just got this book from Amazon yesterday, and I read it cover to cover last night. What a great addition to my machine quilting library! This eagerly awaited “sequel” to her first book, Guide to Machine Quilting, is in a special new smaller format with a wire-o binding, perfect for keeping next to your machine while you quilt. And you’ll want to, with all the neat new techniques for background textures and freeform feathers Diane explains in pinpoint detail. Read the rest of this entry »

Why the torture, you ask?

After yesterday’s post about stippling, you may be wondering why I do this to myself. Here’s why: on the left, the quilt section before stippling, and on the right, after stippling (click on the picture to see it bigger).