I am participating in a Pillowcase Contest for charity.  It is being held at Quilters Common in Wakefield, MA.  The pillowcases will go to the Boston Chapter of “Conkerr Cancer” and “Hole in the Wall Gang Camp” for seriously ill children.  To vote you put a quarter, or more, in the box for the pillowcase [...]

I just discovered that Etsy offers coupons so I set one up for my Etsy shop and I am sharing the code with you …. it is PMEGIOS1 …. this code is good for 25% off your purchase and is good until July 8th!  So go ahead and buy a few patterns. Be sure to [...]

I have finished my Dear Jane blocks for Tuesday night’s meeting.  I am enjoying this quite a bit …. so far!  I love the fabric I am working with and the fact that each block is so different.  This month I had two rotary cut and pieced blocks, two paper pieced blocks and one applique [...]

Okay … Here is a list of my current projects: Quilters Common Projects: Dear Jane Main Streets and Back Roads – A twelve month Block of the Month designed by Antoinette which, if the previous months’ block is finished, is free each month.  This is the first month, so I am all set for my [...]

Despite all of the projects I am working on, I could not resist signing up for the Dear Jane quilt group at Quilter’s Common.  I started a Dear Jane quilt a few years ago using reproduction fabrics but I only got four blocks done before I gave up on the idea. This time around I [...]

Yes, I have been published!! I sent the editor, Jo Leichte, a copy of the tutorial featured in my Bird Applique Quilt article …  and now it is published in the latest issue of Bernina’s on line magazine  Through the Needle! The article provides all the instructions for programming your embroidery machine to sew around [...]

Here is quick way to jazz up a fabric panel for a crib sized quilt.  I just added “side lights” to the panel and some borders.  This quilt is 36″ x 51″ with the wide borders on the top and bottom only.  Add the 3″ borders to the sides for a 48″ x 51″ quilt. [...]

Here are some of the blocks that I made for Boston Modern Quilt Guild’s effort to make quilts for people who’s lives have been disrupted by the Boston Marathon bombings.  If you would like to help please send your blocks to the guild by May 24. It really is therapeutic to spend time making these [...]

I finished my little house quilt last Friday, the 19th of April.  I spent the day listening to the news and waiting for Suspect 2 in the Boston Marathon Bombings to be found and arrested.  While listening I worked on this quilt.  This terrible event hit close to home, as I work in Boston 3 [...]

I have been wanting to do a little art quilt of my house for awhile now.  I was thinking in terms of pieces cut and sewn together, but when Quilters Common was offering a class by Sue Colozzi featuring landscaping with raw edge applique I decided to give that a try.  The class project was [...]

I was reading a Simple Sewendipity post the other day about using paint color cards from the hardware store to help in planning a quilt.  This is, of course, a fabulous thing to do! You could stash loads of those paint cards away in your big quilted tote bag! Ha Ha! But, it did remind me [...]

I have made some progress on two quilts in the last week or so. I finished my Midnight in Bali quilt top and have quilted it.  I used an edge to edge pantograph called Big Leaf which I think suits the batik fabrics.  I have taken photos of it, but I must admit that I [...]

A few years ago I had the idea to look at quilt tops on eBay. I was thinking in terms of practicing my quilting without taking the time to put a quilt top together. Not a bad idea, since you might even be able to buy one for less than the cost of the fabric [...]

I am working on finishing a Block of the Month quilt from last year.  This one was with Quilters Common in Wakefield, MA.  I have finally gotten the blocks and center medallion sewn together and now all I have to do is add the borders.   The pattern is from Beyond Tradition by Pamela Culo. Here [...]

When I first started using my Quilt Frame I took yards of fabric and quilted them for practice.  Around the same time my friend’s daughter was starting college and she asked me if I would make a tote bag for her to carry books and a laptop.  I had been thinking about making tote bags [...]

Pillow Cases!!  Never buy a pillow case again.  I made these using a couple of kits from Peggy Anne’s Quilting and Sewing Company, and also one to match the curtains in the room.   The Orange and Green Striped case is actually named after me and you may purchase this kit and have your own [...]

I have finished the Bouquet Quilt.  I used Kaffe Fassett Russian Rose for the binding.  I am very happy with this quilt!  I machine sew my bindings.  This is a modern quilt done by machine.  My thinking is why stop using the machine when you are finishing the binding? The binding was first sewn to [...]