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Easter Stitching

Easter Stitching

I'm not much for decorating, but being on (semi) medical leave in the time leading up to Easter has me in the mood for some quick and easy Easter stitching. I found this tutorial on YouTube I grabbed an orange Cutie Pack and started following the tutorial.When it came to turning the carrots inside out, though, I have an easier way.  I use Sue O'Very's Point and Turner Tool. I put the female end inside the carrot and leave the pointy end outside. Then I squeeze the tool together, making sure the pointy end inside the wide end, trapping the carrot...

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Party Animal Quilting, Season 1 Quilt -- KCKS

Did you know that I have a Friday night YouTube quilting show?  Well, I DO!  It's called Party Animal Quilting and the videos drop at 9pm Friday evenings, NY Time Zone (because I'm terrible at time zones).  I'm on a live chat for the premier each Friday night and the videos are available to view as regular YouTube videos after that. For the first season (quilt), I made a test of a larger quilt's border.  I needed to see how the applique would look in the border before I appliqued approximately eleventy-thousand small circles on the real quilt.  Once the...

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