We've started the quilt along โถ
Two things you should know about me by now:ย One is very obvious.ย I’m obsessed with low volume and I’m not fond of straying from it.ย Two is that I am methodical in my scrap storage. It sounds stuffy to be methodical about anything, or it does to me, but I like things in their…
You know I’ve been working on this quilt longer than I normally work on a quilt. ย I don’t consider myself a fast worker, but I’m definitely steady. ย I work at quilts on the daily. ย It’s prolific for me. ย A daily ritual that lasts most of the day. ย I took hand quilting with me on…
It feels like I’ve been working on this quilt for weeks. ย Maybe I actually have been. ย I posted some progress pics and a new interfacing source here last week. The steps on this quilt are a little long and repetitive so I usually break this one down into, cut a few, sew a few, cut…
One way that I store scraps is by squares. ย I have a bin for each different size from 2″ – 7″. ย When one bin gets full, it’s time to do something with them. ย For me, the easiest and most surest way to completely wipe that bin out is just by making a simple patchwork quilt….
I was participating in a fabric stack challenge over at Stitched in Color, and True Blue was the very first stack. ย As soon as I took a photo of that stack I knew I couldn’t just put it all back in my stash. ย I HAD to use it. ย And since that very next week, I…
You remember me mentioning this. ย Well, I found in a basket these little four patches. ย I’m certain I was planning to make stars, but that is where my certainty ends. ย I had lots of little pieces cut up besides the little 4-patches. ย I do remember where my inspiration for this block comes from. The cut…