Tag Archives: embellishments

The Business End of Quilt Market

October 24, 2009

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The rest of Quilt Market and Festival was about the same as the first parts: crazy busy! A few of the goings on: More book signings and demos at the AQS booth and also at Petersen-Arne (a large quilting supplies distributor). Again, lots of excited quilt shop owners and managers took home free copies of [...]

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Embellishments are a girl’s best friends

October 4, 2009

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Embellishments are a girl’s best friends

I’m crazy busy at the moment getting ready for Quilt Market and the AQS Quilt Expo, but I did promise quilting content before the weekend is out, and I am loving this current project, so I couldn’t wait to share it! I wanted to make another sample for the Embellishment Dimension workshop, and this time [...]

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Inchie Ornaments for a Christmas Swap

September 4, 2009

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Inchie Ornaments for a Christmas Swap

The Super Secret Inchie Project I mentioned in my last post is revealed! I had such fun designing these Inchie Ornaments for an exciting Inchie Ornaments Christmas Swap at Quilting Gallery. The ornaments are quick and easy to make, with lots of design options, and they are the gift to give this holiday season! I’ve [...]

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Zen Dimension

September 1, 2009

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Zen Dimension

Woohoo! A finish for me! I’ve finished this project with the linen border that I’ve shown peeks of here and here. I’m really, really pleased with the end result! I’ll mostly let the pictures tell the story, otherwise I’ll be here all day writing enthusiastic commentary and I have some other stuff I need to [...]

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Visit with me at Subversive Stitchers

August 24, 2009

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Dawn at Subversive Stitchers invited me to be a guest at her blog. Visit Inchies: A teeny tiny world of immense possibilities! to read about and share ideas for embellishments on Inchies, and leave a comment for a chance to win your own copy of Inchie Quilts!

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Luscious Linen

July 18, 2009

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Luscious Linen

I received a package yesterday from the lovely Kathy at Pink Chalk Fabrics. I’d ordered some linen last week for a small embellishment project I’m working on. I wanted the linen for the border of this small quilt since it has such nice texture and the color was so perfect. I was a dressmaker before [...]

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Shopping Carts and Inchie Sprinkles

May 14, 2009

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Shopping Carts and Inchie Sprinkles

No, I’m not dead, and I didn’t fall off the planet! Since I finished the quilt, I’ve been busy, busy, busy designing the shopping cart for the DWQ Studio, and trying to figure out all of the “stuff” that goes along with that. I’m hoping for a grand opening around the end of May, but [...]

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