Quilt As Desired has begun⟶
It feels like I’ve been working on this pattern for a month. There has been major setbacks due to some printer issues I have had. All is well now and the pattern is now for sale here. I really, REALLY love this quilt. It is inspired my great grandmother, Nora. 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? 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…
Hey, hey! I’m feeling really irritated today. I did something really dumb. It is almost painful just to type this sentence. I had my cat in my lap, sitting at my computer answering emails. There was a loud noise, the cat jumped and spilled my tea all over my laptop. So….. it still works, which…
Hiya! You may notice that I do quite a bit of quiltmaking. And that means many hours sitting at my machine and many hours of my neck bent in the same position. 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: Honeycomb, Mosaic and sometimes Six Sided Patchwork. 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. It was popular because a…
Hey, hey! Have you ever been given a quilt of a gift? I have only been given one, and it was my great grandmother’s. My heart sung that day. I grew up in a house where there were no quilts. I remember them at my grandparent’s house, but none lived with us. These days, I…