Hey quilty peeps! I've had my newest sewing machine for over a month now and I thought it was time for a proper review + a little bit more. Liiiiiiiike....how I feel about spending A LOT of money on a sewing machine. a little history From 2008 - 2012ish I sewed and quilted on just a basic machine. This was my second machine. It was a great machine. No bells or whistles, but it got the job ...
Wandering Quilt – tree of life, Susan’s
I took this picture earlier today in my flower garden. OR a somewhat flower garden. It's basically red orange clay and top soil laid on top. Only the hardiest of plants have survived it. The water drains terribly and in the summer the ground in this spot is hard as if it is pure rock. In a nutshell, the worst spot in all of my yard to have put a flower ...
Yoga and the turquoise and gold orange peel quilt
Hiya! You may notice that I do quite a bit of quiltmaking. And that means many hours sitting at my machine and many hours of my neck bent in the same position. I tell you this little personal story in case you too have been suffering as I have. I have had many knots at the base of my neck and have gone here and there to massages to work them out. I'd feel pretty good for a week and suddenly ...
Orange Peel Quilt Tutorial
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 is fast. And it is lovely. The above picture shows my chosen fabrics. The three stacks on the left are ...
Quilt Reveal – hexagon quilt #3
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 quiltmaker could use many tiny scraps of ...
Quilt Reveal – Cara’s Quilt – another Tiny Patch Quilt
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 am remedying that and filling every square inch of my house with quilts. Come here and you will find a quilt on every ...
How to make a hexagon quilt with half hexies – free quilt pattern – 5 different sizes
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 this hexagon quilt that uses half hexies. This will be a LONG post, so let's get right to it. No history this ...
Quilt Reveal – Tiny patch quilt
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 includes the quilt pattern for this quilt ...
Quilt reveal – swoon #2
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 blocks with 2.5" sashing and borders ...
Wandering Quilt – Tree of Life, Susan’s
Hey, hey! Today I'm talking about Wandering Quilt. 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: Each member of your group creates a starter block and usually writes a journal with details, theme and style they would like their quilt to end up. You send your starter block ...