-
Recent Posts
Quilting Blogs
Recent Comments
Corinne on Scraps of ugly fabric Andrea Christian on Scraps of ugly fabric freshairquilting on Ready to Quilt! Jacquie Ewell on Ready to Quilt! Andrea on Ellie’s Mod Ornaments Archives
Author Archives: freshairquilting
Thank You Hallmark
“Some” time ago, (aka about 4 years ago), I bought an English Paper Piecing pattern from Quilting the Good Life at an AQS quilt show. My thinking was that it might be something I could do while watching TV. Because … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Scraps of ugly fabric
I’m part of the West Side Quilters. Our meetings often start with some sort of a warm up game. About a year ago, we had to bring in a yard of ugly fabric. The game commenced, and we tore the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
Ellie’s Mod Ornaments
I’m so happy to report that I have a new and improved cell phone, with a much better camera than the one I’d been using. It really helps when photographing quilts, especially quilts I really like, such as this one. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
My Log Cabin
I started chipping away at my stash about a year ago, specifically the scraps. I had a really nice, large twig basket crammed so full of scraps that so far, I have made 3 “jelly roll” style quilt tops, a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Preview
Here’s an early peek at a quilt I am finishing up. I hope you like it; I sure do! Here are a few views of the back. and here’s another section:
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Reggie’s Tee Shirt Quilt
Reggie made this quilt for her grandson’s high school graduation. I love the colors! I used an orange Glide thread, top and bottom, to tie everything together. With a tee shirt quilt like this, the quilting is quite secondary to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
If Mary Had Been a Quilter
A few years ago, I saw this pattern at the AQS show in Grand Rapids, and immediately thought of my friend, Nancy. Nancy has a wonderful collection of creches, which our sewing guild has enjoyed at her home during several … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
AQS Quilt Week and The Quilted Pineapple!
Last week I traveled to Syracuse, NY for the AQS Quiltweek Show and most importantly, quilting classes with Linda Hrcka . I’m so impressed with her quilting. It’s fabulous yet never upstages the piecing. Great instructor, and really nice, too. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Practice quilts
I practice quilting (a lot) so I end up with these good-size pieces of quilted fabric, with all of my mistakes quilted in. I sewed two of these pieces into a pillow-case sized sack, stuffed them with bits and pieces … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
A leaf and seeing double, twice
My mom had twins (17 months after she had me) and I had twins (they’re 23 now). So it seems only natural that there’s a set of twin fawns frolicking in our yard this summer. We are having a drought; … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment