If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
For August, I could have kept working on July’s POM, but it’s really been too hot. Quilts take lots of ironing, and I couldn’t face it. So I decided to start the Rolife miniature kit I bought in the spring of 2025 instead. I bought the kit as a way to ease into a new... Continue Reading →
While I didn’t finish my novelty log cabin quilt in July, I did try. In addition to repairing all the damage I’d accidentally done to it, I needed to make it bigger so it would fit our king-sized bed. That meant adding borders to the top, and more fabric to the back. Simple enough. Only... Continue Reading →
While I was on vacation for the first half of July, I came home eager to make something. By chance, the project The Quilted Forest pulled for the month (#3) was a project I’d been thinking about, one I thought I could finish quickly, perfect for the two weeks I had left. All I needed... Continue Reading →
I’ve finished making a laptop bag out of Oscha’s Hobbit Quest Travel fabric. Even having made a sample bag first, I got surprised, repeatedly, as the following journal entries attest. TL;DR (for the statistically minded):Number of times I changed the foot on my machine: 18Number of times I swapped thread colors: 8Number of seams ripped... Continue Reading →
The laptop bag is nearly finished, but I am camping this week. Here’s a photo of one of the last steps in the process, sewing the binding down by hand — something I was supposed to do with the machine. It’s just one example of how, despite all my prep work, this project did not... Continue Reading →
