Today, I made my June blocks for the Vintage Sheet Quilting Bee.  Evelyn asked for wonky log cabins or courthouse squares, so I made her one of each.  I think courthouse square blocks are a bit faster, because I can sew, iron and cut 2 sides at a time. [...]

Look what arrived on Friday!

My 80 fat quarters from the Vintage Sheet Swap!

They are so bright, cheery and PERFECT!  I can’t wait to use them in a project (or 10, or 20!).

Here are a few of my favorites:

Slowly…oh so slowly…

17 down, only 83 to go…

Paper piecing flying geese=fun

sewing them together and matching points= a BIG ol’ PIA!

Amanda asked for plus-sign blocks for the Vintage Sheet Bee this month and she did an awesome tutorial to get us started.  The blocks just needed to be bright and 10″ square. We could use artistic license on the rest of it.

Here is what I came up [...]

I started my “Geese in the Forest Quilt” and I think I love paper piecing.  We’ll see how I feel after another 97 blocks (I have three done).  The pattern is from Twiddletails, but I didn’t follow their tutorial on paper-piecing, because it made my brain hurt.  It was [...]

All ready to go….

80 fat quarters, 8 different prints.

I can’t wait to see what I get back in return!

photo credit: Amanda *Bake It Pretty*

Why am I a sucker for vintage sheets??  I really think they just remind me of my childhood, plus the prints are so yummy.

Shari over at “Sew Make Time” is doing a Vintage Sheet Swap.  It is based around a blanket from Amanda Blake Soule’s book “Homemade [...]

We are having an open house on Sunday, but I took a little time away from dredging out our home to do a little sewing!  I was inspired, because I finally organized my sewing room so that I can walk around in it again.  It’s a room above our garage that I used for my [...]