Saturday, I had an adventure. It was my monthly sewing bee of the Sassy S&B Quilters. I normally hold it on Saturdays at a community center provided by the management company of the housing I live in. Since it is on Saturday, I have to pick up the keys to the room on the Friday… Continue Reading
I can finally reveal what my Super Secret Project #1 was. I used the back-basting method of applique. It wasn’t really bad. This was my first attempt at any type of needle-turn applique. It was a block for my friend Carla’s Aloha Quilt. My bee has a tradition that when someone moves away that… Continue Reading
You have seen this quilt all over blogland. I made one before, but a few friends from my monthly bee decided that we should do it and “race”. Some called it the “Jelly Roll Stroll” – which was pretty good. I finished first (though it took me the longest to prep before we all started) … Continue Reading
Yesterday, I shared Super Secret project #3. Now on to Super Secret Projects 1 & 2. A little background about these projects. It has become a tradition with my sewing bee that if someone leaves the group to go to the mainland, we give them a quilt to say “aloha”. We had one member leave… Continue Reading
Monica of Happy Zombie designed the bags Tiny Treats in a Quilts in More magazine. I made some for my retreat buddies Halloween weekend, but I also had to make some for the ladies that come to my bee for the “holiday” party. I filled them with things like m&m’s, life savors, kit kats, twix,… Continue Reading