Swooze's Quilts and Tall Tales

I set my quarterly goals here . It is my laundry list of my UFOs and WIPs. I did accomplish a few of them. There was my Purple Cow bab...

I started this quilt back in 2009. I love cow print and had this lavender in my stash so decided to make a purple cow. I didn’t have my Av...

It’s swimming in the tub right now but I declare it done! My goal was to quilt and bind this quilt. After several missteps through the yea...

This has been loaded for a bit. Quilted it today with embroidery thread of all things! Also did rule r work. Now to t...

Earlier this year the stashbuster yahoogroup was talking about Bright Hope blocks. I thought they were cute and a little more interesting th...

Six years ago I bought a partially made Double Wedding Ring quilt from a Project Linus garage sale. There was a bunch of melons made and t...

When I found myself struggling with the quilt I repaired last year I realized I was not following the right approach. The repair job was f...

Repeating Novembers goal. I plan to quilt and bind Ricci’s quilt this month. I am currently working to get it loaded on my frame. It’s...

Well due to the colors I could argue this is a petroglyph. Sadly it is just the casualty of a closed door. That was probably a kinder deat...

My daughters cat sat in my lap while I was eating dinner the other night. Mind you I was sitting in a recliner so it isn’t hard for her t...

...but apparently I’m not. Ive been wasting time and resources on this quilt repair. - What I did was try to patch the sheer backing and a...

I plan to quilt and bind Ricci’s quilt this month. I am currently working to get it loaded on my frame. It’s a tad wavy but I’ll get it! ...

I measured the top, center and back I showed yesterday. Each time I got different measurements and realized the top isn’t square. There wa...

Are you familiar with that phrase? I first learned it when I visited Amish country in Lancaster, PA. Sometimes I chastise myself for being ...

I put the final stitches in this Matchstick Marimba on Friday night. I was commissioned to make this quilt by a high school friend that ha...

I quilted this today....finally. I just told myself I won’t inow if something will work if I don’t try. I certainly won’t I prove if I do...

Last quarter was not very successful. I only finished my Matchstick Marimba. So here is my entire list of UFOs. Plus I was asked to make ...

I almost didn’t join this month. It won’t hurt to join and not do. But I can’t join later. I was commissioned to remake a quilt I finish...

So a volley was fired from Baton Rouge. Glen from Quilts and Dogs let me know through this blog post that she has more quilts quilted and ...

Back in March of 2007 I bought the fabric and pattern to make this quilt. I got a great deal on this fabric and thought it was especially gr...