A Treasure Box
As you may have read in my previous post (oh look! a convenient link to it, in case you want to read it, can be found right here!) I lost my Babci (my grandmother) last May due to the pandemic. She was a catalyst to …
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Designs by Danika Norey McCann
Quilts and Sewing
2020. A Heck of a Year.
Warning: This is a very long post covering a multitude of heavy subjects. Please consider yourself warned. Well, 2021 doesn’t seem to be much better. In the midst of the craziest time most of us have ever lived through, Bookerworx, like most, has had to …
Pre-Washing: Risks and Rewards
We’ve all done it. We get so excited to start a new project, that we just go for it. “Let’s just start cutting this fabric. Pre-wash? Who cares, I’ll risk it….” Bad idea. Very bad idea. I was so tempted to start this new design …
Love Ewe’s Great Chalk Debacle of 2017
As some of you have already seen, I was recently working on an adorable Custom Quilt called Love Ewe to the Moon and Back. It’s done and delivered and I will show you finished pictures soon, but first I want to talk about The Great …
Love Ewe to the Moon and Back
Check out this New Design!! It’s for a custom order….Was asked to make a gender neutral baby quilt based on the Shaker Tree of Life. I’m super happy with the design, and even happier with the way the fabrics are working together. Check out some …
Henri Matisse Quilt
Bookerworx has most recently made delivery of a beautiful King-Size Quilt. The quilt was based on the Paper Cut by Henri Matisse named The Dance (1938) and was Designed by Ronald Bricke and Associates, Inc. of New York City. Danika Norey (Bookerworx) did the piecing and …
Challenge: 100 Days of Creativity!
Alright folks, Bookerworx is offering you all a Summer Challenge!! Summer is almost here (literally 3 days away) and 95 days after that is the start of Autumn. So, starting today and ending September 25th (the third day of Autumn) let’s do 100 Days of …
Giraffes on Parade
Check out this Original Design! “Giraffes on Parade” is a quilt made for the daughter of a very good friend of mine. It all started with a small birthday gift for my friend, which was a stuffed giraffe. It was then that the pattern was …
Sorry for the Recent Lack-o-Blog
Sorry for the recent Lack-o-Blog….but I was busy getting engaged! Back to work now….and how! I’ve been working hard on some super secret shower presents, as well as some very precious little creations for some soon-to-be-born babies…in an array of colors. Pictures to come soon, …
The Latest Creation
After a lovely vacation in the sun, its back to New York and a balmy 27 degrees. So what better than to make today’s feature my most recent quilt?! This quilt is queen size, cuddly and warm. Filled with 100% thick cotton batting, it takes …
Today’s Feature: My First Queen Size Quilt!
This is the first large quilt I ever made.It was a wedding gift for my cousin (basically my brother) Dan and his wife Elaine. I’ll be the first to admit that they didn’t actually receive the finished quilt until after their wedding….but I did make …
Remember Grandma’s Tomato Pincushion?
Why yes….I have turned my tomato pincushion into a dinosaur… Grandma’s Tomato Pin Cushion…..With a twist!
Gifts….are messing me up….
I owe all of you out there in internet world an apology…I have been working on a LOT of gifts lately, and therefore have not been publishing updates and pictures. The gifts I am working on are of course for people that are following me …
Kyoto Blossoms Quilt Gallery
[nggallery id=Quilts_KyotoBlossom] The Kyoto Blossoms Quilt is an original design by bookerworx! It is a panel quilt and features Dupioni Silk and hand-dyed batiks. Backed with a beautiful black and white wave fabric (see detail photos). This can be used as a throw or a …
The Anticipation is Killing Me!
Plenty of new stuff to share with you all. Give me a few, and I will get things photographed and posted. Promise.