drsao | February 1, 2012
The first month of the ColorChallenge has been lots of fun. Here are the Vicki Welsh colors! This photo is of 1882 tiles in a ship that she saw in a museum in London. Here is my quilt using those colors! I can’t wait to start on the February colors! [...]
drsao | January 30, 2012
On my DESIGN FLOOR POST of January 16th, I said that I was piecing 12 1/2″ squares for the back of my Orca Bay Quilt ….. and I DID SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD. I also said that I was sewing together strips for my SUPER EASY STRATA STAR…..and I DID SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD…. SO…..MAYBE I will [...]
drsao | January 28, 2012
I have attended Augusta Cole’s Cutting Bee for the past four years and it is always entertaining and informative. This year was no exception. Each of us brought 10 light fabrics and 10 dark fabrics cut into 4 1/2″ and 2 1/2″ strips ….then we put them all out on a table and walked along [...]
drsao | January 23, 2012
I was looking at my design floor post last week……and I was sure giggling because I did not DO EITHER OF THE TWO THINGS THAT WERE ON MY DESIGN FLOOR last week. I am just like the mouse in the book “IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE…” I got DISTRACTED by other things. OK [...]
drsao | January 22, 2012
My mind was churning away – while I slept last night – yes, I was DREAMING about Julia Pfaff’s embroidery and I was painting yellow dots on my fabric and embroidering all over them. LOL. And then I got weary (in my sleep) of embroidering around little dots, so I designed my next ROUND ROBIN [...]
