Scraps and Threadtales

Thoughts on the creative process, quilting, fabrics, and living life in the Southern U.S.A.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!

›
Happy Thanksgiving! Things I'm thankful for....the Diningroom is ready for the tablecloth and placesettings and of course the food! Do ...
6 comments:
Sunday, November 20, 2011

What is another project...or two!

›
Does that stack of blocks look familiar? Yes, I started Bonnie's mystery quilt. I had all these black fabrics still our from Hallowee...
8 comments:
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Found it...thanks for your help!

›
At the end of the day...or of the little quilt...I ended up using a rose-purple inner-border and a grape purple outer border on the HST quil...
9 comments:
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Border Decisions...

›
That bowl of 2-inch half-square triangles I wrote about earlier this month is still full...even after making two more doll quilts/wallhangin...
15 comments:
Monday, November 14, 2011

Rushing the year...

›
I know I should be getting ready for Thanksgiving but all I want to work on is Christmas things! At the show in last month I picked up these...
8 comments:
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Log Cabins...

›
Bill V. at willywonkyquilts blog is part of a quilt study group in Oregon. This weekend they are going to look at log cabin quilts. Try as...
14 comments:
Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Elf Day...

›
14x18 4-patch It all started yesterday morning. Freda at Imprera Magna blog asked, "Want to help Santa out?" I mean really, who...
10 comments:
Monday, November 07, 2011

Fall cleaning...

›
CW block 45: Port & Starboard Sorry I've been out of blogland for a few days while we got a new computer up and running. It is amaz...
6 comments:
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

seeing stars...

›
The past couple of days I have been playing catch-up on some on-going projects...interestingly they all involved stars! Do you hold onto art...
13 comments:
Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween...

›
Happy Halloween everyone.... I was hoping to have my quilt-top ready to show but a cold (again!) put me flat on my back yesterday. So close...
7 comments:
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Getting ready for Halloween

›
Thought I would share a few Halloween quilts from our show as I am frantically trying to finish a jacket and a Halloween top. Hopefully now...
6 comments:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Making Progress

›
The weather is finally starting to feel like autumn here. I'm getting some cleaning done in advance of the holidays...the animals don...
9 comments:
Monday, October 24, 2011

Time to re-group

›
I am sort of re-grouping after this year's show. Trying to prioritize my UFO's and all the new "stuff" I got at our show ...
7 comments:
Saturday, October 22, 2011

Ribbon Trio

›
I've been off the computer for a few days...my computer got a virus and it (the virus) sent out emails to many folks in my email list. ...
14 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
YankeeQuilter
AQS certified Quilt Appraiser and lecturer. For over 25 years I have been collecting quilts and making my interpretation of them. I'll try any type of handwork from applique through red-work to piecing.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.