The Carolina Mingle Class has begun โถ
A little history The hexagon quilt goes by many names throughout history: ย Honeycomb, Mosaic and sometimes Six Sided Patchwork. ย 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. ย 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. ย My heart sung that day. I grew up in a house where there were no quilts. ย I remember them at my grandparent’s house, but none lived with us. ย These days, I…
Hey, hey! This week is MY week of hexagons. ย I have cut up 3 different hexagon quilts, one of them is for a ย custom order you will see in this post. ย Very scrappy. ย 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 quiltย – 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. ย 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. ย And happy. ย It’s the happiest quilt. The Pattern: This is a Thimble Blossoms / Camille Roskelley pattern. ย Pattern and classย is available here. Camille’s pattern is smaller than mine. ย I upped her 9 blocks to 16…
Hey, hey! Today I’m talking about Wandering Quilt. ย Wandering Quilt is a traveling quilt group I’m in that runs January to October of this year. Just in case you are not familiar with traveling quilts here is the idea: ย Each member of your group creates a starter block and usually writes a journal with details,…