Archive | February, 2008

And yet more Inchies!

28. February 2008

6 Comments

I did get these done a couple of days ago, but I’ve been overcome by “non-quilting-stuff” since then so too busy to share. Maybe I should turn that “non-quilting-stuff” into a formal acronym, since it seems to interfere in my quilting life waaaayy to often to really suit. “Non-Quilting-Stuff,” I hereby dub thee [...]

Continue reading...

More Inchies!!!

25. February 2008

5 Comments

More Inchies!!!

Note: Today’s Monday’s Melange post has been preempted by Inchies. Sorry, but I wanted to spend time making Inchies, not looking through bookmarks! Inchies: It’s what’s for dinner! That’s what I told my family when they asked what was on the meal plan today. Okay, not really, but I wanted to! [...]

Continue reading...

Bitten by the Inchie Bug!!

24. February 2008

0 Comments

I’ve been bitten by this bug that carries this highly contagious disease for which there is no known cure, and the only symptomatic relief available is to make more and more tiny little works of art. I have seen these little Inchies around the Internet, and heard about them from quilting friends, but until [...]

Continue reading...

Done frogging, but still thinking

22. February 2008

2 Comments

And it’s the thinking part that usually gets me into trouble, you know. Here’s the deal: While I was machine quilting this little wallhanging (it’s “just a get.it.done. item off of the Creativity List:, you remember), I was really enjoying myself. Well, except for those insane arguments with the OCQ and the [...]

Continue reading...

Conversations of an OC Quilter

21. February 2008

6 Comments

Ok, I’ll just say it: There is a part of me that’s a little bit obsessive-compulsive about some aspects of quilting, or certain projects. Here is the latest conversation with my OCQ (Obsessive-Compulsive Quilter) self after quilting one of the motifs in the setting triangles of the current project with some Valdani 35wt (very [...]

Continue reading...

WFMW–Storing Stabilizer Rolls

20. February 2008

2 Comments

It seems like all my tips are about storage and organization. Can you tell it’s a hot topic in my current small, cramped quarters? I buy stabilizer for machine embroidery off the bolt at my LQS, and I can’t see folding it up when I get it home to store it like [...]

Continue reading...