Wrapping up the Teacups Quilt Along, today I'll show you how I finished mine. When we left off last month, the blocks were assembled with filler bits to take up the blank spaces between blocks of uneven size. Now, what to do for borders? I auditioned several prints, but all of them seemed too busy …
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Teacups Quilt Along Block 14 Sun Tea
This month, I was looking for some teacup fabric to use as filler for when we begin putting the blocks together later in the year. I was not successful, but while I was researching with the word teacup, I clicked on a summer tablescape and had a fun idea for this month's block. Sun Tea! …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 13 Mug
It's the first Friday of August, and time for the next teacup block for our quilt along. It is getting more difficult to find the right thing for the next blocks. EQ8 isn't making it easy either, insisting on only printing one page for two page patterns. So I have had to mess with it …
Teacups Quilt Along – Block 12
Our block for the July installment of the Teacups Quilt Along takes us back to applique one more time. We have cups, and a kettle for the water, teapots to steep and hold the hot tea. What are we missing? Well, tea bags of course!! This month, we will applique two teabags on an 8-1/2-inch …
Teacups Embroidered Block
This month's block for the Teacups quilt along is an embroidered block. The quilt along is a mixed techniques one, so I am throwing in some handwork. This was mainly due to the complexity of the design I wanted for the sugar and creamer, more delicate and intricate. If you haven't joined us for this …