Showing posts with label Lewis and Irene fabrics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lewis and Irene fabrics. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2016

Promises (and Wishes) To Keep



It is for a promised guest blog tutorial 
@

It is not done.

It is (mostly) done.

I have only the outer border to sew onto the top,
the backing to make,
the sandwiching and quilting,
the binding,
and (maybe) some embellishments ,
and the tutorial to write.

Hmmmmm ...

Considering that the design process is the biggest part of the work,
I shall call this mostly done,
although the quilting on my home machine is always the most labor intensive part for me.

The center of the top actually sat on my design wall, 
sometimes rolled up out of view,
 but never out of mind
for many months,
until I took it down a few days ago to press it and give it a little loving.

I was sew excited about this beautiful fabric and project last spring.

The beauty of these fabrics are speaking to me again.

In truth, they have been speaking all along
but I was not listening.

A lot happened and I did not sew a stitch for months 
but I am not going into all of that.
Some of it is private and depressing stuff
and I let myself get bogged down in it.



Shari @ BCQC has got to be one of the most patient, understanding people on the planet.


They have beautiful fabric, wonderful patterns,  great sales and are really good people.

Shari would like me to finish this tutorial.

I would like to finish this tutorial.


I  really *WISH* to keep this promise.

Wish me luck ... ;)


Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Fabric Magic!


There is "gold dust" sprinkled around the dandelion puffs!


Do you see it here?  

I did not ... looks like gray speckles to me. 

I have been looking and working with these lovely fabrics for several days now and 
when I placed these two fabrics side by side to sew ... 


... magic happened ! 

These are two different fabric lines.

The birdies are from "A Little Bird Told Me"

The dandelion puffs are from "Make a Wish"

I combined these two lines for this quilt because I wanted to add the peach and gold to my new quilt.


 Did you see the message on the selvage ... "threaded with love" ? 

These are quality fabrics ... :-)

My longtime readers know that I wash all fabrics except small precuts due to an allergic reaction 
to the chemicals in the finishing process.

I am happy to say that these new Lewis and Irene fabrics have passed 
the wash test with flying colors.  

The weave is tight; the fabric thick and nice to touch; 
it does not warp in the wash; shrinkage was minimal and the colors do not run

I have a serious case of fabric love going on here ... <3 <3 <3

This is a new pattern that I am developing and it started Here

It will be another free tutorial on the Bear Creek Quilting Blog



 I am calling this new quilt design "Wish Catcher!"

More soon!

Just keep sewing .... :-)


Wednesday, April 22, 2015

A Little Bird Told Me to Make a Wish ...


 ... and I caught these beautiful fabrics!

These are from the "Make a Wish" and "A Little Bird Told Me" collections from


I found them at


Catch some if you can, as they are going fast!

I have a new quilt pattern in the works for another tutorial on the


I will be sewing soon!

~ <3 ~