IKEA Pillow Hack
Pillow inserts can be expensive, but IKEA bed pillows can easily be turned into nice inserts.

Pillow inserts can be expensive, but IKEA bed pillows can easily be turned into nice inserts.

This is a UFO that I started hand quilting years ago, but didn’t get around to finishing. I finally realized that I would never have time to finish it, so I took out most of the hand quilting (not very much, to be honest) and machine quilted it. It is made with four scrappy leaf…

This quilted table runner is embellished with hand embroidery. The wreaths are stitched without a pattern.

This quilt pattern is inspired by traditional pojagi (Korean patchwork), but the bold colours and randomly placed shapes also give the feel of a modern quilt.

Years ago, I bought a kit for embroidered towels. I loved the embroidery, but I didn’t get around to doing it. Finally this summer, I got it out to work on. What a disappointment! The fabric for the towels looked nice, but it was polyester. It wouldn’t have any kind of absorbency as a towel,…
This bag was a quick little project stretched out to take years. The embroidery and quilting were done years ago, and it sat in the UFO (unfinished object) pile, waiting to be turned into a little bag. This year I have been working hard on my UFOs, and my goal is to get all of…