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2014 January

    A Quick Vintage-Style Quilt

    Posted by on Jan 22 2014

    So, my sewing goal for 2014 is to eliminate all of my UFOs. No.  Really.  Stop laughing.  I’m serious! I am hereby announcing that I intend to finish all of the UFOs currently lurking in my stash and in my sewing room before the end of 2014. I already finished up Shiny Brite. Now here’s […]

    Shiny Brite Quilt Top Complete

    Posted by on Jan 15 2014

    Hoorah!  Shiny Brite is wrapped and off to Allison’s for the quilting. It had been sitting, all the blocks trimmed and completed, since August.  You can see how far I’ve come since my last update on this project.  But all through the fall, every time I shifted the box the pieces lived in to get […]

    Smocked Laces: The Sequel

    Posted by on Jan 03 2014

    I was able to squeeze in the third and fourth lessons for Nancy’s Smocked Laces course over the past couple of months. Now that I’ve gotten it back, I thought I’d show you the new laces I worked and the two I designed.  If you missed my earlier overview, check out my post Smocked Laces […]