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My New Custom Sewing Table

Jan 11, 2016Carmit1 CommentToolscustomized table, sewing space, sewing studio, sewing table, sewing tools

So posting in these parts has been sporadic at best, but don’t you think I’ve been sitting on my laurels. Stuff has been getting done here, you hear?! Have I ever mentioned that I have a carpenter? I do. He’s done a lot of work on a house we have up north and has become a…

My Submission For Blogger’s Quilt Festival

Oct 26, 2015Carmit4 CommentsBlogger's Quilt Festival, Quilty giftsBlogger's Quilt Festival

I know there hasn’t been an awful lot happening here on the blog in terms of quilting. This is not to say there isn’t much quilting going on – au contraire, my friends – just that there hasn’t been much photographing going on, which I intend to address in short order. In the meantime, here’s…

I Made A Wee Purchase

Oct 16, 2015CarmitLongarm, Quilt showsAvante, Handiquilter, Longarm, quilting, quilting show

Last month I hit the road towards Alsace, France, to attend the European Patchwork Meeting. I wasn’t really sure what to expect, but it didn’t really matter all that much because I was going there to buy stuff: I was going to pick up a roll of batting I’d ordered from a vendor in the Netherlands,…

Shambles, you say?

Oct 7, 2015CarmitTools

So remember when I referred to my PERFECTLY ORGANIZED sewing room as a “shambles” in my last post? About that. Update coming soon.

Climbing out of the shambles

Aug 17, 2015Carmit1 CommentMaking plans, Sewing studio

Since finishing my Fade to What Now? quilt, I’ve been restless. I’d been working on it for a long time and once I was done, I wanted to sew all the things, but couldn’t quite settle on one thing. I don’t tend to work on more than one or two projects at a time, so…

The Whine and Cheese Quilt

Aug 3, 2015Carmit1 CommentQuilty gifts, Tula PinkFade to Pink, Tula Pink

“The colour of their bedroom? Uh… sort of yellow? And wine?” said the 16-year-old son of our friends, for whom I was making a surprise silver anniversary quilt. Are you sure? Ugh, really? This quilt was already starting out from the very far corner of the depths of the dog house, because the combination of…

Tula Pink City Sampler Quilt – FIN.

Mar 22, 2015Carmit5 CommentsQuilt shows, Tula Pink City Sampler Sew-Alongfinished quilt, quilt, Rainbow, sampler quilt, Tula Pink, Tula Pink City Sampler

Reading through my previous posts about the Tula Pink City Sampler I can see that I was just brimming with optimism about the whole process. It’s like I knew right from the start that I would absolutely hate making this quilt. But the thing is, even though I often wanted to stab myself in the eye with…

All the things

Mar 7, 2015CarmitMaking plans, Quilted projects, Tula Pink, Tula Pink City Sampler Sew-Along

Yeah, yeah. Sew your stash, finish-along, quilt-along, WIP Wednesday, Finish it up Fridays, quilting resolutions. Whatever. I’ve committed to none of these for 2015, but what I am trying to do is sew more regularly, and not just on the weekend. Or if not to sew, then to do something sewing related at least every day.…

Totem’s blue squares

Feb 22, 2015Carmit6 CommentsQuilty gifts4" square quilt, blue, Family, gift, gradient, quilt

Remember the blue squares baby quilt? I knew as soon as I finished it that I wanted to make a full-sized version at some point, and that point came sooner than later when my brother Totem (not his real name)(but close enough) laid it on THICK that he was due a quilt. He was less…

Sherry’s Colour Block Quilt

Dec 4, 2014Carmit1 CommentQuilty giftspantograph, quilt, quilting, Tula Pink Color Blocks

I’ve known my friend Sherry since about 2002. She and I used to post on the Television Without Pity (RIP) forums and I’m not entirely sure when she and I started communicating directly, but for the past few years we have chatted online almost daily (sadly not the case since I moved to Munich as…