Wednesday, July 9, 2008


Square and subcut unit into 5 1/2" sections. Each unit of 12 pieced strips will yield 3 placemats. Therefore if you want to make a set of 6,you will need to cut 2 of each of the 12 fabrics and repeat these steps.
Step 2: Sew the strips together lengthwise.

Chinese Coins Placemats Tutorial

Step 1: From each of 12 fabrics cut a strip 1 1/2" by 19".

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Hitty Sewing



Here is a Hitty dress I made this morning....pre mini-quilt obsession I used to make tons of these and sell them on ebay. I have lately felt the urge to make some more! The little wooden dolls for those who don't know Hitty,are 6 1/4" wood carved dolls made to resemble the Rachel Fields character from her Hitty book. I have probably 15-20 various Hittys carved by many talented artists. I love sewing for her because my beloved civil war fabrics are right up her alley! This particular doll is made by the remarkable Jean Lotz.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Aaahhhhh....

Lookin sweet!

Well...That's it....

My baby turned 13 yesterday....so I am officially the parent of a teen now. Dang I'm old.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

WIP

This is my humble attempt to recreate a gorgeous framed mini I saw by Sawyer's Nana on Flicker. Only hers was tiny and more perfect. LOL I spent most of the morning trying to get this right....and since there was math involved,and I am a math moron,I was happy with it.