Danny asked me to make him a Christmas quilt. I tried to use as many of the fabrics that he “delivered” to me from my stash. I was still stitching the binding closed on Christmas Eve, but he did get the quilt by Christmas! Continue reading Danny’s Christmas Quilt
Danny, age 4, likes to play with my fabric stash. Lately he’s been talking about a quilt that he said I was going to make for him with all the Christmas fabrics he found in the stash. He seems so sure that a quilt is going to appear, that I decided to get busy. I drafted the idea on Saturday morning, then sewed the rest … Continue reading Grandma, use this fabric in my quilt, too
This beaded bag has been an ongoing project. During Christmas season 2004, I did the beadwork. For a pattern, I scanned a black-and-white illustration out of an old book (pre-1920), and printed it on inkjet canvas. I worked bead embroidery over the pattern, then backfilled around the pattern with the ivory beads. During Christmas season 2005, I sewed the beadwork into a quilted bag. I … Continue reading Christmas Bag
