citymouse quilter

happy independence day!  so proud to be an American today and every day.  may we all be keenly aware every day of the sacrifice of so many t...

so very true...sneaked up on me while i was busy sewing obviously....and new month means tackling the scraps aka.... at first thought j...

hoping the blog title doesn't pull in the weirdos and crazies...LOL!   finished sewing down the binding and ready for closeup....pretty ...

to get a finish before july arrives; got this scrappy 9-patch tied and now pinning down binding...did i mention i LOVE the walking foot for ...

some time ago had seen this on the internet someplace and tried to obtain the pattern....to no avail since it was out of print.  a fellow st...

binding on and done!   wow...this old dog has a new trick!

despite being wiped out from whole HOUR of exercise at the Y today with a short nap that followed, attached my walking foot for a trial run....

seems to always lead to another!  while pulling large yardage pieces off the shelf for the canvas tote, found a 2 yard piece saving for sash...

one day shy of June's halfway point and my scrap attack goal has been met.  the LL Bean tote is now empty and all the muslin scraps have...

after auditioning several fabrics for this piece, finally settled on this light gold.  the previous cream background with a tiny red design ...