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Friday Scraps – from a “not much was accomplished” week

Disclaimer – I wrote this, well not exactly this, but something close last night…and then the post was deleted, never to be found. So I am writing again this beautiful Saturday morning.  Last week ended and this week began with a Revival meeting at church. Bro Josiah from Nigeria came to preach the Word ofContinue reading “Friday Scraps – from a “not much was accomplished” week”

Quick Tip – Sewing Machine Tension Issues

When your sewing machine, is acting weird, thread is breaking, skipping stitches, getting incorrect readings on the screens of your electronic machine, loops on the back from you top thread, tight stitches, loose stitches…whatever…and you don’t know what is wrong…before you take it in, follow the next few steps to see if it is aContinue reading “Quick Tip – Sewing Machine Tension Issues”

Bragging

I need to brag on God a minute. Let me tell you a story of what he did for me this weekend. It might me a little long…but it’s in the details that God’s grace shines through. Friday night I had a quilt on the machine that I needed off by Saturday morning for aContinue reading “Bragging”

New quilting design

This is the current quilt on the machine. I finished one before church this evening. When I got back home I had a bit of time and decided to take that one off (photos to come once it is bound) and put the next one on. Then because it was only 10:00…why not quilt forContinue reading “New quilting design”

Funding my Survival

Lately, I have had lots of quilts to quilt. And with out internet, getting off early (when I had a job) and now that I don’t have one; I have lots of time to quilt. A quick list and description of them is as follows: For my sister the piecer, three quilts. I quilted thisContinue reading “Funding my Survival”

Fiber Art

I took a class today with my sister. I don’t remember the teacher, I will get that info and update this post when I have it. We made trees using a technique with lots of layers, stitches and color. There were several steps to create the foundation and then build your tree from that. EachContinue reading “Fiber Art”