sewing

Practical Hexies

 

I will not fall into the hexy/English paper piecing craze. Nope. Takes too long, all that handwork. Well, except for maybe once in while. For useful things. Like hiding the split seam on my jeans. Really, these hexies (on both sides, for balance) have nothing to do with adding stealth quilting references to my clothes. (By the way, the giveaway for the latest version of the Charming Travelers is open until Wednesday, Oct. 10. Leave me a comment on this post if you want to play!) Save

Bloggy Business, sewing

Milestones and Giveaways

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This is my 500th post. It’s not very exciting when I think that I’ve been blogging since 2000, earlier if you count our Germany Journal, but milestones deserve to be celebrated, yes? Also, I recently won a giveaway! Wasn’t I just saying that I never win anything? And now, twice in 3 months! So: Diane at From Blank Pages launched this clever thing a while back. Charming Travelers! It’s a charm pack (56 5×5 fabric squares) that she gave away on her site. The rules state that if you win the Travelers, you get to pick out whatever squares you …

homesteading, in the kitchen, Seasons

Finishing up the Harvest

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I think I’m coming to the end of the harvest season. The tomatoes are slowing down (although they barely got up to speed in the first place), and I’ve pulled out the squashes, bringing in these tiny pumpkins. I’ve been digging potatoes for more than a month now. There are still several plants going strong in the p-patch, so I hope to double this: There’s a little basil in the garden that we’re eating up. There are some carrots that will stay out there until we need them. Otherwise, it’s all pretty much done. The blueberry shrubs are turning red, …

quilts

Sew.Quilt.Give. Bee Blocks

 

I have managed, just barely, to get my blocks for the Sew.Quilt.Give. Bee done and mailed off before running out of time. I’ve been much more behind when it comes to posting them. These were August’s blocks. We used this tutorial and were supposed to use a “muted” palette. Nothing quite like specific color requests to point out the holes in my fabric stash! I think these are more muted in reality. At least I hope so. Jenn recently posted the finished quilts from June, a baby quilt for a girl and for a boy. The quilts came out great, …

field trips, Seasons

Summer Retrospective: Geysers and Glaciers

 

There’s that cliche about folks and their slideshows of their vacations, inviting the neighbors over and boring everyone to tears with the endless photos, the snippets of stories that don’t quite make sense. Does this still happen? Or do we all just put our vacation photos online somewhere, assuming that somewhere there’s a person or two who cares? That’s a bit harsh. I know there are a couple of people who will at least not be too bored seeing these. Besides, I’m putting these up for myself. I don’t scrapbook, haven’t for years, although I like the idea, the carefully …