Merry Christmas!

Restoring Antique Grandmothers Flower Garden Quilt

Using a light box I traced templates onto double layers of freezer paper. If you trim the freezer paper to 8 1/2" x 11" you can run it through computer printer to make multiples of the same template. After cutting out the templates - iron the shiny side of the template on the wrong side of the fabric. Use the iron, and some spray starch applied with a small paint brush to iron the raw edges down. I spray the spray starch directly into that little yellow bottle, a little goes along way. I make a whole stack of patches before I start a sewing session, I match a similar patch to a hexagon that needs repair, peel off the freezer paper template ( they can be reused) applique the fabric template, then quilt it in place.

Too much time on my hands;

I loved the atomic era fabric scrap that I found in a thrift shop last week so much I made yet another retro apron.

Estate sale find

I may have missed the International Quilt Show in Houston this year, however I "picked" a handpieced handquilted 1930's Grandmother's Flower Garden from an estate sale in Hondo, Texas this morning that is in fair condition. I paid a twenty dollars.

What are you reading?

This one is a real page turner.

Workspace at home and how times change.

My husband refinished a rolltop desk for my home workspace years ago when we got married. I used it, but after the advent of home computers it wasn't practical. So he built me a box to house my bulky computer terminal, keyboard and printer. Now that I have the "new" sewing cabinet in my small sewing studio I no longer had a computer space. This week using the drawers for extra space and Moda's Pumpkins Gone Wild designed by Sandy Gervais; I customized the old roll top to accommodate my laptop.

I love it.