Tag Archives: fabric

(Stash)BUSTED! – A Keeper!

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Lisa Yarost

Today features my first Keeper book: Material Obsession: Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots by Sarah Fielke I love books with pretty pictures. I think nearly all quilters are suckers for a pretty book, due to our visual nature. This one … Continue reading →

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(Stash)BUSTED – Knowing what you have

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Lisa Yarost

I decided to start on my book- and stash-busting project by tidying up and getting a handle on what fabric I owned. This may take a while. I shall consider it an ongoing project. This is what over 100 yards … Continue reading →

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(Stash)BUSTED!

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Lisa Yarost

I’m back, after a long, long sabbatical from blogging, to start a new project. As a quilter and an artist, I tend to collect (hoard) things. Most notably, I have an affinity for books. My fabric stash is at StABLE … Continue reading →

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The French-Canadian Fur-Trapper Wizard Coat

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

This is my first attempt at creating a coat out of felted, reconstructed wool sweaters.  It was also one of my first serger creations.  Who but me would go from scarves directly to the challenge of a giant, sweater coat? … Continue reading →

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The Sweetheart Sweater

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

Remember the post about laundry on the line in winter?  This is the sweater I reconstructed for my sweetheart as a Valentine’s Day gift using recycled wool sweaters.  He’s been gifting me wool sweaters whenever he finds them.  He’d given … Continue reading →

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How to Kick The Big Stink Out…

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Rebecca Fox

…Hang laundry on the line in a February blizzard. Really there is a purpose to clothes on the line in February: I’m on a mission to remove The Big Stink. (If you want to skip the back-story and find out … Continue reading →

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Taking the Longarm by the Horns

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Lisa Yarost

This weekend I had the joy of visiting with a long-time friend. Syma finished her first quilt, and asked if she could come over to quilt it on my frame. Of course, the answer was YES, since that meant that … Continue reading →

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Blue Balls: Christmas Gift-making Craze Revisited

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Rebecca Fox

    In December, my sweetheart, hoping that I’d find a good use for it, gave me a favored blue sweater that, sadly, clothes moths had ruined.  What to do, what to do with an old, moth-eaten sweater and a scrap wool … Continue reading →

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Groovy accents

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

The box at the end of my bed is a toybox. We store sheets in it, but its main purpose is to allow my fifteen-pound, non-jumping dog access to the bed. I’ve looked into getting an actual blanket trunk, but … Continue reading →

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Opposites Attract

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Lisa Yarost

I finished the rest of the blocks for my bed runner last night. There are 56 eight-inch blocks total, using fourteen different prints, plus the solid, which JoAnn sells as a “tea dyed muslin”. I’m interested to see how the … Continue reading →

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