The Splendid Sampler is winding down with just 14 blocks to go. Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt is fast and furious, running only through sometime in January typically. I’m finishing up the last 2 blocks for Leah Day’s quilt-as-you-go. I learn a lot from these large groups so when Amy Ellis started a group to make…
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Block 11 – machine quilting party
It has been a craaaazy busy week. I am way behind on blogging and I’m not even going to try to fit everything in. We had a birthday in the family and so I started a new tradition – making a birthday pillowcase. I’m thinking I might just make one of these for each of…
Block 59 – Circle of Friendship
I had 2 goals this weekend. Either complete both “past due” blocks for the Splendid Sampler that I haven’t done yet, or finish one and the one for Sunday. Second, finish the machine quilting block – as in, quilt it. The final weekend score…. 0 out of 2. Oops. I did however at least complete…
Block 9 – machine quilting party
Hmmm….hmmmm….. Do you have a particular phrase you say when you’re trying to not say something because what you’re thinking of a situation may or may not come to pass? I say hmmm….. I said hmmmm…. yesterday when I was working on this block but I’m going to hold off on the thoughts behind that…
Block 51 – Bee Happy
If you’re sewing the Splendid Sampler blocks, it will be apparent that my block # 51 is missing the hexie flower. I can’t find my freezer paper anywhere which I need for the tiny hexies. But the rest is done finally. The rest of this is supposed to look like a bee. Hmm…. Actually I…
2 more machine quilted blocks finished!
Before I forget…I’m almost ready to start cutting out the next quilt and I’m trying something new. I have a paper copy of the pattern and I have the flexible plastic sheets to trace it on to. I’ve never used this technique before – tracing and cutting my own templates onto the flexible plastic. If…
Bloom quilt finally finished
This will be the last finished quilt for me for a while. The Splendid Sampler sew-along runs through next February so that one is months away from being done. And the machine quilting block party runs through December so that will also be also be next year before it’s completed. Patchwork of the crosses has…
8 pieced, 4 quilted
Wow. I did very little marking on the block that I completed today so it was nearly all free hand but it still took a lot longer than I remembered. I started the morning off by watching Patrick Lose look aghast that the guest on Love of Quilting this morning didn’t technically sew down all…
modern quilt completed
This is supposed to arrive by the end of the day, so I’m crossing my fingers that it’s safe to post about this now. I was in the middle of making the wedding quilt when my sister-in-law confided to me that my niece really wanted me to make a quilt for her but was…
she sounds hideous!
I’m going to name the May block for Leah Day’s sew-along Jake From State Farm. It’s not Leah’s fault- this is my own doing. There are some basic rules about color. Primary colors are red, yellow and blue. Secondary colors are green, orange, and purple. Tertiary colors fall between primary and secondary – aqua, for…
Machine Quilting Party # 4
I haven’t posted as many photos of this particular sew-along but that’s because there will be just 12 large blocks, one per month. To put that in perspective, the Bloom sew-along that I’m doing is weekly for 20 weeks. The Splendid Sampler is semi-weekly with blocks that are released on Sundays and Thursdays. I decided…
wet and wrinkled
I probably should’ve ironed this before taking the photo. Sewing with Sulky stabilizer is a piece of cake; just sew on the printed lined. But to get rid of the temporary stabilizer, it needs to be soaked in water a few minutes. Water plus cotton fabric plus quilting equals wrinkles. I used a dark orange…