My husband, Paul and I arrived home today after being away at “The Farm” for the past week. “The Farm” is lovely piece of rural property belonging to Paul’s brother and sister-in-law ...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2016/01/04/bed-of-roses-block-8/
I don’t think I am that different than anyone else when it comes to finding time to quilt. Lately, we have had our fair share of family barbecues, a couple of baptisms, weekends away and on a...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/06/20/first-border-of-ladies-of-the-sea/
How much time and energy do you put into a quilt? Well, this past week I was absolutely consumed by my hexie quilt. I hit a bit of a snag…I ran out of background fabric and didn’t have en...
The definition of “progress” is: the development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal. If that is the case, then I guess I am making progress on my next journey…handquilting Sue...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/04/01/slow-progress-but-still-progress/
Yesterday, I cleared off the dining room table, set up the ironing board and dusted off my sewing machine. Excitement was in the air….I was ready to start to stitch together “To Everything T...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/03/22/stitching-the-blocks-together/
Our Sunday Afternoon Applique Group met this past Sunday and I thought I would share with you some of the projects that we are working on. Kathy has been busy stitching, of all things, a bridal...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/02/24/sunday-afternoon-applique-show-and-tell/
Since finishing my “Friends of Baltimore” last week, I have had a hard time getting back into my sewing room. Well, that’s now exactly true. On Monday, which was Family Day in Ontario, ...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/02/19/onward-and-upward/
In one of my recent posts, I mentioned my newest obsession….Inklingo. Many readers commented or emailed me and said that they would love to try Inklingo, but just cannot get their head around...
Today I am on a mission….I am going to finish this last corner block of Sue Garman’s “Friends of Baltimore”. After that I will sew the remaining half-square triangles that will be stit...
https://simplebirdapplique.com/2015/02/01/slow-stitching-sunday-3/
My favourite teacher in high school had an interesting saying. If something was gross or disgusting to him, he used to say “It looks like a dog’s breakfast.” I have been thinking of him...