After the flimsy was done, I measured the quilt. It came out at 70 x 96 inches, quite the beast! So now the decision was how to quilt it. From the beginning, I wanted to do a cloud fill in the sky parts, and individual motifs and designs on each house. I needed to decide …
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Be My Neighbor – Flimsy Assembly
When I left this at the beginning of the week, I had realized too late that I made two yellow houses to go next to each other. One of those 'oh, no!' moments. What is the good of having a plan if I don't stick to it? Well, perhaps it is to let you …
Be My Neighbor – Blocks 15 and 16
Stepping up the pace now, my plan was to sew block a week for the next two weeks, sashing and borders in the third week, quilting during week four, and then binding in week five with a week to catch up if I don't keep up. But, after the last block was done, and the …
The Swing Bag – A Scrap Dance Pattern
Wouldn't you love to have a great travel bag for the holidays, or any travel weekend? This weekender bag is compact yet packs a punch. You won't believe how much you can fit into it, and still have organization! It will hold enough clothes and toiletries for a weekend getaway, just Swing it over your …
Be My Neighbor Block 13
Getting back to the Be My Neighbor quilt, I decided to lay out a number of fabrics all at once, and choose the fabrics for the last four blocks all at once. I plan to put the darker blue fabric on the last block in the final row, and I also wanted to distribute the …
A Radical Idea to Handle a Wavy Border
It must just be my year for bad borders. I am not going to reveal where this particular quilt came from, I work with several charity quilter groups to do Quilts of Valor, and I do not want to embarrass anyone. I am reasonably sure that this piecer doesn't read my blog, and I want …
On Point Charity Quilt
Sometimes just playing with scraps can produce something useful. Pulling out the scrap bag, I was looking for some pastels and florals to add to my Be My Neighbor fabric pull, when I ran across these half square triangles left over from another project. These squares are 5-1/2 inches. I really had no advance idea …
Landrum Quilt Show 2017
This past week I attended the Landrum Quilt Show, and what a great time! Lots of quilts, wonderful vendors, a whole room of used magazines and books at ridiculously low prices, and raffles too! Couldn't ask for more. The quilt show is held at one of the local high schools, in the gym, so I …
Eagle Panel Quilt of Valor
Continuing on with the Quilts of Valor for the Grand Strand Quilters, the next one is a panel with an eagle in the center surrounded with borders. The backing provided was a dark blue. Once again, the borders are a bit full, and I suspect that they were not measured. The cornerstone blocks are not …
Be My Neighbor Block 10 and a Quilt Shop Visit
Moving on to Block 10, I feel like I am running out of choices for pastels. I really don't want to buy more fabric for this quilt, but I may have to. A fat quarter or two wouldn't hurt, would it? There are still six more blocks after this one. I knew I wanted a …
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