Jane

Jane (from Little Handfuls of Scraps by Edyta Sitar)

This was my January sewing project with Stacia and Deloise, but I didn’t finish it until our February sewing day.

Appliqué isn’t my favourite technique but I happen to like stars so this was a mixture of the two. I had everything done but the quilting when I set it aside to work on quilt show projects.

When I got back to the quilting I found a method to do what looks like free-motion quilting but all done with my walking foot. I’ll use this technique often in the future.

When the Guild requested more items for the show I decided to enter this one. Except for that darker than neutral square I’m happy with it (and to be honest I never noticed that until just now).

For several years I have enjoyed virtual monthly sewing sessions with my sisters. This year we are all working from the same book (Little Handfuls of Scraps) but we each pick and choose which pattern we want to do in any given month. I look forward to an in-person sewing session with them this fall. It was quilted on my domestic Janome.

Happy Birthday Walid

February 14, 2025

Pinwheel (by Quilt-Pro Systems)

I’m pleased to be adding Walid to my list for family cards. He is my first and so far my only February birthday.

I dug deep into my files to find this Pinwheel featured in 2014 as part of the Block of the Day series.

If Beale Street Could Talk

Author: James Baldwin

This recommendation came from a Facebook group I belong to; it was their February book of the month (I didn’t even know they had a book of the month). It was a small one so I decided to get it from the library and fit it into the pile of my own books that I had already set aside.

Fonny and Tish had been friends since childhood and later make plans to marry. Tish falls pregnant about the same time that Fonny is arrested and sent to jail. Their story reflects the gritty truth about many black lives in America no matter what time period they are set it.

If you like a neat ending you will be disappointed.

Goodreads Rating: * * *

Tangerine Dream?

I had three large skeins of this orange yarn and whenever I saw it in my bin I couldn’t for the life of me think of what I could do with it. I also had a skein of white so I decided to jump right in with a pattern I’ve made at least a couple of times before.

This will be a donation and I hope it brings some sunshine to somebody’s day.