Have you ever just fallen in love with a magazine cover? Usually, this isn’t what I do. Books and magazines are sources of inspiration, and lots of ‘maybe someday’ plans, but this one really grabbed me. I love tessellating designs, and this one spoke to me. I am not a fan of blue, but the …
Category: Quilting
How To Square Up A Block
Squaring up a block is the best way to be sure that your blocks are all the same size. This is easy, but can be time consuming with a lot of blocks, on say a king size quilt. But it is worth the time. It will ensure that your quilt lies flat, and that the …
McTavish Monday Part 4
This is an 'I Spy' quilt I made for a kids quilt charity project. I decided it would get the McTavish treatment. The back doesn't show the quilting because the thread was an almost perfect match. The binding was finished over the weekend. Amazing how a hideous print makes good binding! Overall I am pretty …
Well, since you asked…..
A blog I follow put up a link party asking for us to show our show winners. OK, well, since you asked, it isn't bragging, right? Hehe. Here's some of mine. This leaf quilt called October Mountain Breeze was made about 10 years ago, regular readers will recognize it from a previous post on the …
Block of the Month Quilt Along – March 2014
I like doing quilty things with my buddies, and recently joined a block of the month with two friends. I joined up without knowing what the color choices were, or what kind of blocks would be done. It is a 30 minute drive away, so we get to have lots of chat time in …
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McTavishing Monday and Fabric Sale
First, I want to let my best peeps in on a secret sale. I just put up lots of new fabrics in my Etsy store - link on the right side - all top quality cottons that would sell for $10-11 in the LQS, on sale at my store for $5 / yard in one …
National Quilt Day 2014
Today is National Quilt Day, a day to celebrate our love of quilting and the heritage we leave to the next generation of quilters. You can read about the history, and download this year’s free pattern here - http://www.nqaquilts.org/nqd/ On a quilting forum recently, a member asked us to show our first, best and last …
Link party
I have found so many neat things on other blogs, and the latest blog to capture my attention is Sew Fresh Quilts. There are interesting block tutorials, quilt-a-longs, a wonderful quilt gallery, and lots of participants in the link party. Naturally I had to add this one to my ever growing list on Bloglovin! Check …
Spring Floral and McTavish Monday
I made progress on two things this past week. I had decided to do some McTavishing on the Spring Floral quilt, but after viewing the video, reading through the book, and viewing the DVD, I decided that would be too dense for what I had in mind. So, I quilted up the Spring Floral freehand …
Bleeding colors on quilts
At some point, nearly every quilter will face the problem of a bleeding fabric in a finished quilt. Some of us try to minimize this by pre-washing, but there are times when that isn't possible, like a block of the month club where you only get a few little bits. Other times, pre-washing just didn't …
