I was trying to do this crosshatched border as mathlessly as possible, however, I just dove in and didn't think about the corners, and as you can see: when I did get to a corner, I horked it up. I'm using the IQ to actually do the cross-hatching, which is awesome, but it's only smart enough to do ... VIEW POST
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Last night we volunteered at the movie theater -- we didn't know what to expect for attendance, and hoped it would be quiet. Friday night they had about 55 people, which didn't sound too bad. The final count that I heard was 141. We were 3 people away from being sold out. Luckily the ... VIEW POST
Welcome to my sweat shop
I have been so productive, that I have hesitated to speak about the productivity, lest I jinx it. I am taking a break from the sewing marathon I've been immersed in for the last 2 days to share a few pics of what I've accomplished. Last week, I made this fleece throw for one of my ... VIEW POST
One less WTQ
Technically, I suppose this is still a UFO, but it's no longer Waiting To be Quilted (WTQ), so, in my playbook that means it's really pretty much finished. Plus, I don't actually have binding for it. I have some customer quilts that need to be done, but it's Christmas Break, so I'm sort of ... VIEW POST
I’m still alive
Well, apparently I dramatically exaggerated my potential early death from the crud because (a) I'm still alive and (b) I don't actually have the crud, which is weird, since I was sneezing so much. Maybe I scared the cold away. Or maybe it really was rogue ragweed? I can finally show off these ... VIEW POST
Pretty in (very) pink
One last customer quilt that was promised before Christmas: I let the Intelliquilter do this one, too. The customer wanted more than just an allover, though, so I used some more patterns from Anne Bright to quilt the blocks and do the border. I still have a pretty big learning curve in ... VIEW POST
