We're making a Dresden plate!βΆ
I feel like I am making this quilt every few weeks now. Β It’s popular in my shop. Β And I just really love it. Β Particular today’s version of it. So in this version, my customer chose 10 different fabrics, but I added to those fabrics to give it more of a smidgen of scrappy feel. I…
I’ve been working on this quilt all of lastΒ week. Β Not the one you see above my sewing machine, that’s a WIP, but the one you see at my machine. It’s a simple block, but I had to make 81 of them for a king size quilt, so it took me a bit. Here are a…
It feels like I’ve been working on this pattern for a month. Β There has been major setbacks due to some printer issues I have had. Β All is well now and the pattern is now for sale here. I really, REALLY love this quilt. Β It is inspired my great grandmother, Nora. Β She was a talented quilt…
And again…… I have decided that my favorite part of quilt making is choosing and cutting the fabrics. Is that weird? Β That I enjoy cutting fabrics. Sometimes I will spend near two hours standing at my cutting table simply cutting up the pieces for a quilt top. But I like it. I’m thinking that it’s…
Hiya! You may notice that I do quite a bit of quiltmaking. Β And that means many hours sitting at my machine and many hours of my neck bent in the same position. Β I tell you this little personal story in case you too have been suffering as I have. I have had many knots at…
A little history The hexagon quilt goes by many names throughout history: Β Honeycomb, Mosaic and sometimes Six Sided Patchwork. Β 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. Β It was popular because a…