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…
Category: Lori Holt
another name tag
It was 5pm yesterday and I needed to leave by 6:10 for the quilt guild meeting when suddenly, I wasn’t feeling it for the name tag that I made the other day. Even as I write that out, I’m thinking “it’s just a name tag!” There’s not a name tag competition or anything. But I…
99th percentile
I quilted on the Bloom quilt today again at lunch and finished it up, or so I thought. I took it off the Sweet Sixteen, trimmed the 4 sides and then pinned it up to get a picture of it. (shhh….don’t tell my husband; he usually holds my quilts up for pictures and I don’t…
quilt, quilt, quit
I think our quilt group had the largest number yet go on our road trip yesterday. I don’t know how many there were on the bus but it seemed like I only recognized half of them. Lots of quilters in our area! It was in a venue with quite a few vendors which was nice…
Block #45 – Sewing Nut
I’m caught up – again! At least for now. This is another applique block if that isn’t obvious. When I first saw this block, I just took in what it looked like – a squirrel – and couldn’t imagine how on earth she came up with this as a design. Then I saw the title…
Vanna
Playing the part of Vanna White today….the daughter asked if I could spell out her school name on the back of the quilt. I bought the 3″ alphabet letters a few months ago when they were on sale, because they are not exactly cheap but I figured I’d use them sometime. This font isn’t my…
flowering sashes
I managed to get through stay stitching all of the Bloom quilt over lunch. I think I got used to working on large quilts that I forgot how quickly it goes on a regular throw sized quilt. I went to get the spool of Sulky Ecru thread and realized I have not one, two, or…
baste, baste, break
I’m closing in on my backlog, which is good since I have a couple of new quilts to start. We have a couple of twin day beds set up in our game room for sleepovers, guests, etc. The twin beds at college are x-long but at least I could use one of ours to estimate…
lunch hour progress
Before I do anything else, I have to brag on my dear friend, Lisa. She brought me the nicest present last night! It’s a zippered pouch that uses the fabric and leaves from the Bloom block, and the Dresden is from the Splendid Sampler block that we did not too long ago. Isn’t that pretty…
Bloom quilt top finished!
I didn’t spend an inordinate amount of time working on the sashes for the outer edges; Lori Holt had posted that she was going to show a copy of her finished quilt so that gave me the heads up that I shouldn’t expect detailed instructions on “use this fabric on row 1, block 1”. So…
Block 32 – The Constant Needle
Wow am I ever running in 20 different directions this week! I’m taking a quick break to post a few pictures and then I’ll be off running again. Here’s the Bloom quilt with all 20 blocks sewn together. I also sewed the top, left, and right sashing but didn’t get a picture of it yet….
Block 31 – Blossoming
It took me part of Saturday evening, Sunday, Monday, and early Tuesday morning – but I hand stitched everything on the block designed by Jenny Reynolds! I saw she had stitched 3 variations of it, which made me feel comfortable with switching up the skeins used to adapt it to the colors in my sampler. I…