Quilt As Desired has begun⟶
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…
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…
I’m pretty smitten about this quilt. When I discussed it in my previous post, I was talking about trying hand quilting. I decided to machine quilt first and then add the hand quilting. This might have been a little backwards to the correct way of doing this, BUT it really was what and how…
I have way too many scraps. SO. MANY. SCRAPS. You just can’t throw them away. Heaven forbid. But if you are not using them they pile up quicker than itty bitty kittens. The trick is to use them quickly, but who can keep up with that? I got a quilt order for my Hand Cut…