Category: Studio/Organizing
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Decluttering, day 4
Today is Day 4 of decluttering my studio. This is where I stopped yesterday after I continued work in cupboard #2. I didn’t have a lot of time, but I thought I would take just a few moments to organize all that fabric in some meaningful fashion. This is by no means all of my…
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Decluttering, day 3
Today is Day 3 of my attempt to dig out my studio. I’m still working on purging long forgotten craft supplies from my prime work area. After getting rid of most of the things in the first cupboard, I decided to make that my main painting/textile design cupboard. I moved the textile paint and ink…
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Decluttering, day 2
This is where I’m starting today. I purged just about all of the stuff in the first cupboard. A few things, like the cans of spray paint, are going to be relocated to the garage. Most of the other things consisted of college or professional level art supplies such as block printing ink, silk screen…
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Decluttering continues
While my blog has been quiet, things have been busy around our house! Of course, I’m getting to spend lots of time with Hazel who, at 8 months old, is practicing her new walking skills and is learning to wave hi and bye. I am also continuing my goal of decluttering our house. At this…
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Quilt carry bag
I was trying to think of some clever name for the bag I just finished, but I was just too excited about finishing and I couldn’t wait to share it with you. So, here is my new quilt carry bag. If you can think of some fancy name for it, be sure to let me…
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Improving my foot pedal, Part 2
A couple weeks ago I told you how I tried to improve my sewing machine’s foot pedal by adding some self-adhesive, rubbery feet. Unfortunately, this didn’t last very long. I must put a lot of hard, forward pressure on my foot pedal because the rubbery feet all slid off. I realized I needed to find…
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Tutorial: custom pressing table
Yesterday I talked about my experience trying out Steady Betty, a foam pressing surface that is ideal for pressing pieced quilt blocks and tops. I like how the foam grips the fabric so it doesn’t slide around when pressing the block, and I also like how flat the seams are afterwards. After trying it out…
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Product Review: Steady Betty
I haven’t mentioned it on my blog, but I’ve been testing out a new-to-me product for six months or more now. It’s called Steady Betty, and it is a special pressing surface. It is especially good for pressing lots of seams after piecing blocks. It sort of grabs the fabric so it can’t slip around…
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Packing Checklist for Quilt Retreats
Have you had the opportunity to attend a quilt retreat? Nothing can be better! My quilt guild holds one each year. I’ve also been blessed by being able to attend several week-long workshops at Nancy Crow’s Timber Frame Barn. The wonderful thing about retreats is that all you have to do is sew…sweet, uninterrupted sewing!…
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Improving my sewing machine
Since I’ve been talking about problem-solving… Last month I was reading the Superior Threads blog about the difference between stacked thread (the threads on the spool are parallel to each other) and cross-wound thread (typically on cones, the threads cross at angles to each other). They were saying that cross-wound thread should feed off the…