A friend recently asked me to do a quilt for her, and I was delighted. She is a fantastic piecer and this beautiful black and yellow quilt just showcased her skills. Look at all those little bits in the middle of the rectangles! She'll slap me for talking about her, so I won't reveal her …
Category: Quilting
Wrapping Up Autumn Jubilee, Quilting Stars
Quilting Stars on Autumn Lane was fun, as was able to use both my favorite Autumn pantographs. The first step was to decide on the color of thread, so many pretty ones to choose from! I could choose two colors as I had two quilts to do. It was a bit difficult to decide between …
Stars on Autumn Lane Assembly and Borders
Are you ready to assemble? I know some of you have already done this, and I am enjoying seeing all your shares on the groups on Flickr and Facebook. I will finish up with the quilting next week, I know it will be November, but we just need an extra post to get it all …
Stars on Autumn Lane Block B
Are you having fun with our Quilt Along? I want to welcome my new readers, and let you know the first two steps of the Stars On Autumn Lane quilt along are still up, click on Cutting and Star Block to see the steps and download the pdfs. Next up is the second block to …
Stars on Autumn Lane – Star Block
Are you caught up with your cutting and making half-square triangles? I hope so, but if not, just continue to make progress and keep the pdfs for future reference to complete the quilt. Today we'll make the star block for Stars on Autumn Lane. It is really easy, just follow the diagram contained in the …
Autumn Jubilee Sew Along Tablet Cover
Making gifts for the holidays especially for the guys in your life is sometimes a difficult task. Today, we'll begin a sew-along to make a very fast tablet cover/carrier that will finish in just three installments. The cutting and making the half-square triangles will begin today, using a different method - Moda Cake Mix papers …
Stars on Autumn Lane Quilt Along
The Autumn Jubilee Quilt Along starts today with a new pattern, Stars on Autumn Lane! I have designed this with two options, both using exactly the same number of squares and half square triangles. Pull your autumn colors, and quilt along! The steps will come out once a week on Fridays, and be done in …
Pumpkins and Leaves Quilts for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival
The Blogger's Quilt Festival is going on this week, a neat virtual quilt show. This fun annual event is hosted by Amy's Creative Side. Quilters are allowed two entries, so here is my second share. Last fall, I did a month long event on my blog that began with making several blocks in two patterns, …
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Be My Carolina Neighbor for Blogger’s Quilt Festival
The Blogger's Quilt Festival is going on this week, a virtual quilt show with completed quilts shown by lots and lots of bloggers. This fun annual event is hosted by Amy's Creative Side, and to participate you have to create a new post showing a quilt. There are some great prizes to be awarded, and …
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Quilted Sunglasses Case
One thing that always a problem is keeping my sunglasses scratch free. I often have used drawstring bags, or quilted ones where the glasses slide in one end. Those are easy to make, but the problem is the glasses will not stay inside. They end up either sticking out the end, or coming out altogether …
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