Swooze's Quilts and Tall Tales

Lot's going on. The quilt I made from the hankies and umbrella ladies was quilted by someone else.  I got it back last week and made the...

I am making a quilt from a Walmart project sheet.  I bought a “kit” from an estate sale.  The person bought all the called for fabric.  Unli...

I made this from an estate kit that I bought.  The lady used to go to Walmart every week and buy all the called for fabric when the sheet ca...

Still sewing on the weekends with my friends.  Working crazy hours at work.  Getting ready for a vacation trip with my daughter.  Settling i...

Judy at Small quilts is looking for more reading so I decided to share my completed quilt top from the weekend. Remember this was my inspira...

I worked on my pinwheels Saturday.  I’ve got all the rows sewn together and half the top.  A few more hours of sewing and I’ll be ready for ...

This was my inspiration.  I knew I didn’t want to do the squares between the pinwheels but more pinwheels. I lay out the parts knowing I cou...

I have the day off today.  Martin Luther King day here today.  So I’m off to the church to sew with one of the girls.  I was just there Satu...

I finished the top and am ready to hand the top off to the client.  She will have it quilted and I will add the binding.  I plan to use Susi...

I took my last vacation day yesterday.  I made more progress on the Butterflies and Umbrella Ladies.  I have the medallion center almost com...

With the main elements of my quilt complete I started designing the elements.  I decided on a window frame look and then placed the umbrella...