Dandy Quilt Along Starts Soon ⟶
It feels like I’ve been working on this quilt for weeks. Maybe I actually have been. 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…
I don’t like the name of this. Birthing a quilt. Who named this process that? I definitely prefer calling it the ‘inside out method’. I was asked to make a quilt without any batting, so that it would be thin for a photography prop. And promptly decided that this would be the perfect time to…
One way that I store scraps is by squares. I have a bin for each different size from 2″ – 7″. When one bin gets full, it’s time to do something with them. 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. As soon as I took a photo of that stack I knew I couldn’t just put it all back in my stash. I HAD to use it. And since that very next week, I…
My latest Star Dance quilt is finished. Here is the thing about this quilt. It always starts out so lovely. I’ve picked a nice color palette, great fabrics. I love the blocks while they are being made, and then once the quilt is on the design wall, I start thinking, “Ugh.” It’s been this way…
Happy Birthday, America! You are probably at a barbecue, or park or chilling somewhere on the lake, river or ocean, and you are probably reading this after the 4th, but this quilt is all red, white and blue, so I just had to post about it today. Enjoy your Independence day!! Old and New again…