What’s on my Design Floor …. June 13, 2011?

| June 13, 2011

I made myself a promise that I would never let quilts that are  AFBB “All Finished But the Binding” sit around and stack up.  I don’t want a stack of quilts to fill up my binding chair like  last year.    BUT ALAS, I think it is happening again!  Binding is my least favorite part […]

Cakes are DONE, People are FINISHED – what about QUILTS – are they DONE DONE?

| May 30, 2011

While conducting  research at CAL STATE UNIVERSITY for my thesis, I was testing the memory of older and younger adults for learning new word processing procedures.  One morning, I peeked into the laboratory cubicle and very politely asked one of my research participants,  “Are you done, Mrs. _____”? SHE (being an 85 year old retired […]

What is on my DESIGN WALL?

| May 23, 2011

I don’t ACTUALLY have a design wall – but I will show you what is on my DESIGN FLOOR this week. It is sao’s ROAD TO BROWNWOOD QUILT (a Judy Laquidara design – the pattern is on her website at www.patchworktimes.com)  Last week I made the border blocks and the other borders *it seems like […]

My Design Wall, Monday, May 16, 2011

| May 16, 2011

The title of this post is misleading, because I don’t have a design wall – but I do have a design floor!!!   TODAY my DESIGN FLOOR features Judy Laquidara’s latest quilt  design – THE ROAD TO BROWNWOOD.  I am working on the pieced border now!      I am really loving this quilt. I […]

Road to Brownwood, Baskets BOM CPQG, and SNOWMAN Angel

| May 6, 2011

Yes, I have been quilting – just haven’t put any posts on my blog about my progress lately. But here is what’s ON MY DESIGN WALL: well, make that my DESIGN FLOOR….lol  🙂 FIRST: Judy Laquidara’s ROAD TO BROWNWOOD……..I have completed everything up to and through INSTRUCTIONS #4……..and I am loving it.  I cannot believe […]