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Helloooooo! The past few days I have been working on an Orange Peel quilt. I thought I might share my method. There are 3 ways to make an orange peel quilt: 1. using needle turn applique 2. sewing curves 3. raw edge applique Today we are going to explore method #3. It is easy. It…
A little history The hexagon quilt goes by many names throughout history: Honeycomb, Mosaic and sometimes Six Sided Patchwork. It’s beginnings were random layouts without too much attempt at color or design. The first hexagon quilt pattern was published in 1830 in The Godey’s Ladies Book according to WomenFolk.com. It was popular because a…
Hey, hey! Have you ever been given a quilt of a gift? I have only been given one, and it was my great grandmother’s. My heart sung that day. I grew up in a house where there were no quilts. I remember them at my grandparent’s house, but none lived with us. These days, I…
Hey, hey! This week is MY week of hexagons. I have cut up 3 different hexagon quilts, one of them is for a custom order you will see in this post. Very scrappy. Two more to come soon, one will be a new pattern. I’ve been asked for a tutorial and pattern details for…
The definition of a scrap quilt – a quilt created out of several pieces of various fabrics, frequently these pieces are extra pieces of fabric from past quilting projects. I finished this quilt this weekend. You might remember me discussing this quilt and my scrap fabric storing system. If not, that post is here and…
I am going to miss staring at this quilt in it’s various stages. It’s been quite the beauty around here. And happy. It’s the happiest quilt. The Pattern: This is a Thimble Blossoms / Camille Roskelley pattern. Pattern and class is available here. Camille’s pattern is smaller than mine. I upped her 9 blocks to 16…