I’m bound and determined to use up as many of my small scraps as possible as we are nearing the end of the Splendid Sampler. I thought when I laid the fabrics out for this block that I had enough contrast between the navy and dark green as well as the white vs. light blue. …
7 – Birds in the Air
I officially started on the Bible sampler quilt. I spent a few days thinking about what colors I wanted to use in it as well as fabric type. I have a good deal of batiks on hand and since I’m going to be paper piecing all 96 blocks I decided batiks it is. This particular…
basting with glue sticks
I had a couple of questions from my last post regarding the glue stick for basting so I thought I’d make a post out of it. The first question was “Does it wash out or are you left with glue in the quilt forever?” and the second was “Does it gunk up your machine needle?”…
Block 86 – Unity Star
I really, really liked making this block! One thing that occurred to me as I was picking out the colors for this is I’ve learned with 100 small 6″ blocks, I can put colors in a block that if the block were to stand on its own, it might not look so great. For instance,…
Twisted Pole table runner pattern
I saw this online as a free pattern – disclaimer, I saw multiple versions so I’m not sure if there is an original owner to it. It’s nothing more than half square triangles sewn together and then the pattern pops out because of the way you lay each square. I haven’t made this yet but…
Troisième semaine de En Provence
I hope I typed that title correctly. Clue # 3. Before I get to how I laid this out, here are the clues I read in Bonnie’s post today. “everything we have done so far is symmetrical” suggests we will be having non-symmetrical blocks. If you can draw a line down the center of something…
Greek blocks
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…
October was a very good month
Wow, today was full of great surprises from start to finish. Amy Ellis posted that we were ready to start the next block for her quilt sampler. This month is for large 18″ Greek cross blocks. I spent most of my lunch hour picking out fabric and finished one block before I had to get…
Block 85 – Flow
15 more to go – wow! That just seems crazy how fast this has gone by. One of my favorite designers, Ebony Love, is coming up on the 18th of December. I’m really looking forward to seeing what she has and I’m crossing my fingers that it uses all AccuQuilt dies since that’s an area…
Block 82 – Under the Apple Tree
I was thinking this afternoon as I finished this up I didn’t know why it took me so long to finish this block. But then I remembered that I was busy quilting 3 tops with my Avante when this one came out so I put it off on purpose. I cut each of the pieces…
En Provence semaine deux
I had a vacation day scheduled for yesterday so I got a few things done around the house but mostly got some sewing done. The second clue for the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt was released; it’s one set of blocks per week and most years she has about 6-8 weeks. This week called for 100…
Block 84 – The Early Bird
Before I forget, if you like Libs Elliott’s quilt designs, she is having a huge 50% off sale on downloadable patterns right now. You can buy them online at http://www.libselliott.com/shop/ . I bought 3 for $5 CAD each and in USD that was – well I don’t remember; maybe $13? Anyway, insanely cheap. She has…