Gail Lizette Quilts

orange fabric wedges
Process Pledge, Sacral Chakra Quilt

Soothing Stitches

Quilting has become my go-to self-therapy. Sewing makes me feel good because I’m creating something… and it’s usually something I like to look at. It also slows me down. My mind has a tendency to race and spin around all sorts of things. When I play with fabric – it all gets lost and I…
Random Thoughts

Quilt Costs

A while back I saw a meme about quilt costs, and it was out of date, so I re-did it using more current figures. I used their original layout and only changed figures. It has been a popular post, and after revisiting it today, I wanted to re-do it again. The reason is this: I…
orange fabrics
Chakra Quilts, Sacral Chakra Quilt

Sacral Chakra Quilt Start

It’s time. I finally pulled all my orange fabrics from my stash, and I’m getting ready to start the Sacral Chakra Quilt! This is the second major Chakra system after the Root Chakra. It relates to passion, creativity, and self awareness. We learn from the Root Chakra about relationships with family members, and we use…
Kaleidoscope hand pieced quilt
health, Kaleidoscope Quilt

New Year Plans

Happy holidays folks! I’ve been taking time away from social media lately, and it’s been wonderful to recharge, but I’m ready to get back to it… at least with keeping up this blog. Health in 2020 will be my main pursuit. Specifically I’m working on lowering blood sugar numbers, triglycerides, and CRP numbers. I’m also…
patchwork

Team Moongate

I had the pleasure of working with a brand new fabric line, designed by my friend Christina Cameli, for her to show at Quilt Market this year. It’s called Moongate from Maywood Studios. It should be available early 2020. The pattern I made is called Vista and was a very easy pattern to follow and…
Portland

Changes…

Things are very *in flux* emotionally for me right now. Unfortunately the main thing I’ve been feeling is anxiety. Or maybe not anxiety – I’m not that worried about anything – but that feeling of falling all the time in the pit of my stomach. Some people describe it as butterflies in the tummy –…