Sew Fine and Bottom Line threads, quilted on my longarm, freehand, slightly wonky on purpose. The edge is an applied, single-fold binding, pieced to match up with the piecing on the front, the corner miters were sewn.  It was just as much of a pain in the ass as it sounds.   But effective.    And ... VIEW POST

After a really productive Thursday, Friday was almost a complete waste.  I felt kind of yicky for part of it, and I just couldn't make anything happen, so I spent a lot of time reading, and then we had to go get groceries and school supplies. Yesterday, though, I got back on the horse and got the ... VIEW POST

To catch up: part one and part two and part three and part four and part five. So, I didn't get any further on the mini-quilt last night, because I was kidnapped.  The boys DEMANDED that I leave the house and the FORCED me to go to a free movie and partake of free root beer floats. I was ... VIEW POST

To catch up: part one and part two and part three and part four. So, this installment is a little delayed due to the fact that (a) the boys wanted to go to the pool and (b) they thought they needed to eat supper before they headed out to football practice.  (Which, by the way, will be very HOT. ... VIEW POST

To catch up: part one and part two and part three. After a little bit of lunch (leftovers), and a slight sidetrack while reading some blogs (read an article about a guy who had done a bunch of experimentation to recreate the Animal Style In-n-out burger (which I'd never heard of...well, In-n-Out ... VIEW POST

To catch up: part one and part two. This whole bribery thing is working pretty well -- I'm actually getting a lot done on the machine quilting front:  I'm pretty excited about this little mini-quilt and want to get back to it as soon as I can! Last year, when I made the Radiant Star Quilt, I ... VIEW POST