The third (and presumably final) package arrived today, the much-anticipated Anna Maria Horner parcel. Her packaging may just outdo SMS:
Inside, we find this – WOW COLOR:
Holy moly, look how bright! Most of these I can’t imagine pairing with anything other than her line, but we’ll see. There’s pre-washing and such to do. Speaking of which: [...]
The woman who instructed me to begin my first-ever-sewing-project-since-seventh-grade with a log cabin quilt block should immediately resign her position as proprietor of a quilting store.
Shame on you, madam; shame.
While the log cabin is lovely and versatile and not immensely difficult, it is also ridiculously time-consuming and one doesn’t see a lot of progress quickly. [...]
No, the first one isn’t finished, but I like variety, changing things up, doing more than one thing at once.
I’m really excited about this one, because I found some positively fantastic fabrics for it. My favorite, a gorgeous light green stripe, is proving to be the most difficult to work with, though, as the stripes [...]
The sheer volume of color/pattern combinations is staggering. It’s easy to wander the aisles of your local fabric store feeling utterly and completely overwhelmed. You go in, thinking you’ve got an idea of what you want (a maroon quilt with coffee accents) and suddenly you’re confronted with 87 hectobazillion different patterns: Maroon and tan with [...]