I hope you are enjoying the Mason Jar inspired quilt along, with fabrics from Benartex's Harvest Festival line. Today we are going to talk about the finishing, with some ideas for labeling. When we left off, the quilting was done and it was ready for binding. I thought the plaid in the brown and rust …
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Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Week 3
I hope you are having fun with this year's Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along. Now that we have all the blocks made, layout of the top is next. If you are making the same size as I am showing, please note that in the photos, the pumpkin blocks should be switched. This will separate the pumpkins …
Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Step 2
It may be Friday the 13th, but it is a lucky day for free patterns. The rest of the Quilt Along blocks will be on today's sewing agenda. Did you make progress on the first blocks this past week? Once again, lets take a look at the design in concept. Details will be just a …
Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along Begins
Today we begin the quilt along for this year's Autumn Jubilee. We'll work on it over the next month, with posts every Friday. In past years, I've done two blocks alternating in placement several times, then a row quilt, and a round robin. This year, the quilt will be your choice as to the size …
Cradle Quilts Update
This past week, I was able to move other projects along and find a day to make a few cradle quilts. I combed through some of my project bags with leftover bits from other projects, like this one with HSTs left over from Scrap Dance Quadrille. I had enough to do some pinwheel blocks. I …
Garden and State Fair
Rain fell off and on last week, and one drizzly morning these boys came by for a visit. Both males, they strutted around and loudly gobble-gobbled. I threw some sunflower seed hearts out for them. They were happy as clams to do a bit of hunt and peck. The goldfinches and a woodpecker got their …
Cradle Quilts Update
Happy Mail this week brought more Cradle Quilts for the drive. I am just blown away by the generosity of readers who not only make the quilts, but pay to ship them to me. One day there were five packages to pick up! How fun is this! And I know there are more on the …
End of Summer Drive and Happy Mail
We had a nice drive recently with some friends. We wanted to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway when the weather cleared and cooled off, so we emailed our buddies and got a group to go. We met at a parking lot, then drove up to the parkway together. The scenery is lush and green everywhere, …
Sunday Chat – Wildlife, Garden and Quilts
Another week of wildlife visits, this small flock of turkeys came by for a meal. I'm pretty sure these are four of the flock of seven that were here last week. They certainly came up running up from the lower meadow just like last time when I stepped out to the veranda and began tossing …
Custom Quilted Quilt of Valor Finish
When we left off the Quilt of Valor, I was about halfway finished. Continuing on, I finished the white in the flag, quilting wavy lines like a waving flag. Then I changed the thread color to red, and quilted the red stripes in the same way. Advancing the quilt down, I outlined the lower wide …
From My Carolina Home 