Carli The Quilter

My little wee project of 365 Circles is becoming like a tiny dynamo sumo wrestler! Its pushing me farther into more hand stitching and its singing me songs of inspiration. When I first heard about 365 Circles. I was  more  curious than excited about appliqueing on that many circles! But then, I started playing and soon, I was sewing and appliqueing away with the best of them. I discovered I really like circles. I discovered that circles are more inspiring because of simplicity of the shape. I really love the spin off tiny circles. This is only about one third of the circles I have ready to go into my new quilt. Truth be told, I was more than I need for a king size quilt so I can pick and choose. I have decided that a plan is required for this group of beauties. I found these bundles above for $25 from a seller on Usedvic. And a thrift shop had yardage for around 3.99 a bundle. Each bundle is at least 2 ...

I'm so tickled to finally be nearing the half-way point of My 365 Circles quilt. A few years ago I made my husband a quilt of his own. This is a really special quilt because I used my favorite method of the Slice and Dice Dresden Plates from the fabric using all Canadian Birds that are going extinct. My husband is a bit of  birder, not a complete addict or anything, but he fell in love with the fabric and the project began there. I took a class with my good friend Louisa Robertson from the Okanagan. Anyway, this  Canadian Birds  quilt is really warm for those cold winter nights when a wool lined quilt is the best comfort going. But it's a little warm for other parts of the year. We needed a new king size quilt. I have fallen in love with circles. I love crazy quilting, but this simple circle, yet complex set of circle shapes make things happen. You know? Take the following "circles" google search and you'll likely stumble o...

Hello quilting friends! Today's post is a utility post on things I'm getting out of the way because they bug me hanging around in my sewing room and besides, hubby deserves a little love on his shirt. Problem: worn down collar on a favorite flannel guys shirt. The Fix:  cut fabric from bottom of shirt, sew new hem on bottom and applique a cover up on the collar issue. I machine sewed the bottom edge that I had to cut off so I had fabric for the collar fix. Then hand appliqued new cover up in place and it looks so lovely. Hubby is thrilled! I forgot to get a photo of what the blue shirt collar issue looked like before I mended it. Gee, its amazing how fast you get out of sinc with your blogging process if left for a few weeks. Below is what the finished blue shirt applique on the collar looked like finished. Here is the next red flannel shirt with another collar issue to fix. Not all my quilting and sewing is to make beautiful...