I really need to wash my cutting board! But not today. I really, really like how my little pincushion block came out. I don’t have any tiny buttons on hand so I’ll add the 2 straight pins to it the next time I’m at a store that sells buttons. This is an appliqued block and…
hands and feet
I heard the news the other day that a longtime friend was ill and in the hospital. What could I do? I’m not a doctor, I’m not a family member; I don’t live close enough to count on for drives to the hospital. There are plenty of quilters in our circle, but 3 of…
Block 42 – Pencils
Whew! An easy paper pieced block. Jane always has challenging blocks that really stretch my growth, but this week I saw her design and realized she gave us all a break. These always look a bit “off” when the design lines up with the edge, but when it’s sewn with the seam allowance it will…
Block 39 – Balls in the Air
I thought block 39 would be faster to complete than 38; now that it’s done, I’m not so sure about that. There are some teeny tiny pieces again on this one and that added up to a lot of bulk on some of the seams, making it almost impossible to get a perfect match linng…
Block 41 – Sew South
Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater. Well, kind of. I glue basted a bunch of hexies a few months ago and decided to make a Patchwork of the Crosses quilt instead. I can’t explain why, but the regular hexagons just don’t have that “wow” factor to me. I knew I wasn’t probably ever going to do anything…
Block 40 – Flights of Friendship
I no sooner said that I was going to finish block 38 and 39 before 40….when I changed my mind. I did some guessing on how much time it would take to complete each one and realized I had enough time to finish this one from start to finish. Something tells me tomorrow is going…
disappearing thread
Hi everyone! I’m still here! I am officially 3 blocks behind on the Splendid Sampler but I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel and I will be back at it tomorrow. Yay! There’s not a lot to write about when I’m spending my free time quilting. I’ve come to realize…
yay for internet!
The past 2 weeks have been craaaaaazy. Unexpected life changing events, deadlines at work that stayed the course (so glad for that!), one child took us on a road trip to where the college journey starts in 2 months, and another headed off to camp. But mostly….well our modem died at home. Or at least I…
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…
Block 37 – Dashing by Chocolate
My apologies to anyone that says “that’s not a churn dash block!”. You’re right. My mom always had a lot of issues with her stomach and would say her stomach was churning. That word just brings back memories of my mom not feeling well so I switched the color layout but kept the pattern. This…
Block 36 – Inchy Hexagon Club
I hope this post finds you well! I’ve been offline for the past few days. It started off with a medical emergency for a family member – but if there’s a bright spot in that story, it’s that I had time to take my bag of stuff to work on patchwork of the crosses while…
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…