Swooze's Quilts and Tall Tales

Happines Is... Finding just enough pieces of fabric in my scrap bin to make the binding for my Saratoga Lights.

Coping I am leaning toward a coping strip aka innner border.

Strip Stacks Remember that bag of something I showed? That was a pieced backing that was made for a love quilt that the LAer rejected becaus...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...not necessarily in that order The bad. My friend noticed a turned block....then I noticed a second.....thir...

Transformation How do you think we are coming along?

Saratoga Lights is Topped I finished the top. Thanks for another great pattern Judy Laquidara ! I tried and tried to take a picture outsi...

Special Project Do you remember us ?? She added friends!

Quilters ADD and Stash Possibilities Last weekend I was preparing to embark upon my venture into using my scraps and other cast offs to make...

Playing In the Stash I made 7 of these in less than 2 hours. They are made from the Almost Free Tissue Holder pattern on Ami Simm's sit...

Design Wall Monday Here is my expanded Saraoga Lights designed by Judy Laquidara . I added a row and a column at ds request. Just two mor...

Percolating Project I bought this fabric a number of years ago. I held onto it looking for the perfect project to showcase it. I think I hav...

A Dozen Kits Back in this post I talked about 12 kits that I had put together and wanted to make up next. There is a bolt of red, white and ...

Design Wall Monday What is that in the bag? What is this thing? Stay tuned! Hop over to Judy's to see what is on everyone else's d...

Dallas Quilt Show I went to the Dallas show last weekend. I had some issues with my camera but managed to photograph all the quilts that I w...

Spring Has Sprung What an interesting thing to wake up to in North Texas on the first day of spring. We got 5" overnight. It is all g...

Monroe Quilt Show I went to my guild show a few weeks ago. I really thought this quilt was so unusual and wonderful. Notice the flip flops...

Did You Notice I Was Gone For A While? I traveled home to central New York to see my parents and help them while they dealt with some health...

Pampered Pooch Fabric...Pampered Pooch Pattern I love dogs and I love red, white and blue. When I saw this fabric I started buying pieces. I...

Design Wall Monday I started cutting Thursday and sewed off and on since then. Do you recognize this pattern? Anyone else making it? I wo...

Pampered Pooch Update A little more cutting and sewing then I will have to order more fabric.