The Carolina Mingle Class has begun โถ
Emerge Circle is a group of 11 quilt makers (including myself) dedicated to making quilts for those in need. ย Our aim is to donate 10 quilts per year. ย Our circle is part of the bigger group of charity quilters called do. Good Stitches. ย You can read about it and itโs creator Rachel Hauser here. Every…
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 actually finished this quilt last week, buuuuuut it took me a few extra days to complete the pattern, so I waited to show it to you. This is one that was in my head for quite sometime and it feels great to have it completed, but also free myself of it. ย Pattern writing takes…
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what my own style is. There are so many colors I like and so many different looks too. I don’t consider myself traditional, but I’m not very modern either. Somewhere in the middle, maybe? I do like modern quilts and I do like traditional quilts. I read somewhere…