I won’t bore anyone with the gazillion photos I’ve taken of this layout so far. When I picked colors initially, I started with the largest triangles – 8″ across the bottom – and then alternated colors. First a red, then a green, then a pink, then a blue, etc. This pattern calls for 10 fat…
Christmas quilt commencement
Christmas quilt commencement – say that 3 times fast! I decided to take a mini break from the Splendid Sampler because I was itching to see how this Christmas quilt is going to come out. I am really spoiled by the AccuQuilt and considering how easy this quilt is to put together, I’m seriously tempted…
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…
Block 50 – Flights of Fancy
Halfway done! I was afraid we might celebrate with the hardest block yet, but that paper pieced dress still holds that distinction. I pieced this one per the directions to see if I’m at better now with those 1″ pieces than I was when I started. The jury is still out. The first thing I…
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…
Block 49 – Summer’s Gift
I counted my darker vs. lighter blocks for the Splendid Sampler over the weekend and of 48 at the time, I think only 20 were darker. I’m trying to keep an even balance overall for the quilt which means I’m going to make a concerted effort to work in more of the darker fabrics where…
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…