Quilt As You Go, Simply Done

Category: Nice things

  • Do you Play Pool or Billiards?

    We decided, on the spur of the moment, to go to Anchorage for the weekend so that Tom could play in the Fur Rondy Pool Tournament. First, for anyone not in Alaska, Fur Rondy has its traditions in the old fur trade (furs are still traded today) and as a break in the monotony of…

  • Quilt as you go with Amy, Pat and Suzzett!

    Amy, (here’s her blog post), Pat (link to Pat’s blog) and Suzzett’s daughter Lindsey (here is Suzzett’s blog) all posted about their Crazy Shortcut Quilts – -with photos!! I am so happy to see them all 🙂 Thank you for showing us your quilts and if I missed someone, please let me know at marguerita.mcmanus[@]gmail.com

  • Amy

    I’ve been chatting with Amy, who has been making her first Crazy Shortcut Quilt. She had a bit of a problem with the sashing and we’ve been emailing back and forth about that and the fact that her husband made her a quilting table, just like mine but hers is *PINK*! Hop on over to…

  • Best Cutting Video Ever

    Debbie Caffrey, from her book Power Cutting. Even if you’ve been cutting strips for years, watch this video, it’s really, really cool. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkJKQwq4FI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1]

  • Updated demo video

    I updated the video that shows the Crazy Shortcut Quilts demo. I finally got Sarah to film some footage (talk about pulling teeth!) and so I re-did the whole thing. Originally, all the videos were supposed to be “just for fun” and I had planned on taking a few comments and then re-doing them. Well,…

  • StyleList Interview!

    We made it to the big time! Writer Mallory Whitfield wrote about our book, webs and Etsy shop for StyleList Magazine Blog. When I first found this site I spent hours there! Here’s our interview…

  • Great Homemade Table

    I was browsing the creations at Instructables and I found this great table. If you have space in your sewing room for a free standing table (or even if it were pushed into a corner) this looks like a wonderful table for cutting and (with a pressing mat) maybe even pressing yardage. I want one!…

  • Easiest Ever Half Square Triangles

    My friend Trish Stuart has a new video and I’ve never seen this technique before! Take a look and let me know what you think or comment to the video on YouTube or go to Trish’s website and let her know 🙂 And be sure to pop in on her new blog! She’s just getting…

  • Staying in Touch with Yahoo! and Webcams

    My granddaughter and I are trying out some new technology. Sometimes we just have to see each other but we can’t always drive the 125 miles through Alaskan wilderness to be face to face. Actually, she can’t drive anywhere since she’s just 2 years old. So, we bought webcams. They aren’t great and the lag…

  • Snowboard Kiting

    I had no idea………. I was driving my granddaughter Audrey to Girdwood (from Seward) to meet up with my daughter Sarah and send the baby home (she’d been with me since Friday afternoon). As we drive through Portage, a desolate windy no-mans-land known for accidents because of the windblown icy highway, what do we see…