Daniel's Pacific NW Garden

 It's a minor thing, but a nice change.  I replaced the old, incandescent light bulb on the Kenmore sewing machine, with new LED bulb.  ...

 I decided to use up most of the rest of the shirt scraps, making quilt blocks quilted  pillow shams.   The colors will match the brick patt...

I may give in and buy inexpensive cotton sheet to back the blue brick pattern quilt.  Meanwhile, I made the binding, which will complete the...

 I finished assembling the shirt fabric quilt top.  This is seven shirts, plus the border binding will be one more, a dark blue.  In keeping...

This was kind of fun. I like using fabric that had a previous life as something else. This was duck cloth that I harvested from the back o...

 Cadet caps can be ideal for someone who doesn't have a protective pad of hair on top of their head.  Like me.  For some reason, I keep ...

 These are the two quilts that I am working on. First, the disappearing nine patch.  All of the nine patches are sewn and pressed.  I also c...

 I have been working on the disappearing nine patch quilt that I started in late March .   Since that post, I starched and ironed the fabric...

 All of the squares are cut now.  I started sewing together the nine patches.  It will take a while to complete them, and there is no hurry....

 I've tried to match the chambray fat quarters with batik quarters, either as contrasting colors and colors that seem to match.  I expec...

 These are the fabric samples that I will use for the next quilt.  There are two  sets.  One is a subtle pattern in plain colors.  The other...

 Given the gloomy weather, I want Rufus in a more visible color than his natural shadow-black, on our daily walks.  We don't have sidewa...

 This was an old comforter I bought at Good Will two years ago for Rufus.  It cost $6.  Most of the dog beds are not really washable and bec...

 This is a lap-size quilt.  Or goes on the wall.  I learned a lot with this one, how to quilt it without creases, how to to this patchwork, ...

 I learned some things making these.  It's nice making the headband inside the hat, using unused, bias-cut kitchen towel.  It's very...

 I had some unused squares left over from a wall hanging quilt that I made last fall and winter.  That was the first one that I ever made.  ...

Moving on with my experience with the "Fidel Castro" cap, I decided to make one using cotton flannel.  Flannel is softer and more ...