Fret Not Yourself

The online festival slipped my mind until I saw Linda and Audrey's entries. They looked so lovely I had to post along with them. So he...

Border quilting is much better than the webs. {Frankly anything is better than the webs.} The plastic overlay helped me choose quilting desi...

The plan was to use the same design to quilt my spiderwebs as I'd used on Suhavi's toddler quilt . But this quilt is more than four ...

As many of you know, I quilt on an older domestic Bernina with a fairly small throat plate. With a large quilt, it helps to stitch in the di...

The vine is sewn; the cardinals will fit. I only want a few of them but perhaps a bit more upright. Pinning cardinals and leaves on vine...

Putting those chubby cardinals on a quick diet was easier than expected. I traced part of my first design but slimmed their heads and tummie...

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone good health, good friends, and safety in 2017. QS informed me this quilt needs cardinals - the favorite b...

As several people noted there's not enough fabric to extend onto all sides. The solution is to use different borders. Thanks for all the...

It's time for another Kaleidoscope of Butterflies linkup. What have you done or seen? I finished Suhavi's Stars, a Welcome to th...

I tried some different quilting on these spiderwebs. I used the walking foot to travel from point to point around each seam creating petal s...

I cut kite shapes a couple of years ago for a spiderweb quilt. "More is more" {my usual method}  didn't work in this case so t...

My computer is still out for repairs and I'm out with a cold. It takes an entirely different skill set to try to post from my tablet. An...

It's still clean up/clear out mode around here. I bought shallower boxes for my fabrics so they all fold upright. Much easier to move th...