We're making a Dresden plate!βΆ
My latest Star Dance quilt is finished. Here is the thing about this quilt. Β It always starts out so lovely. Β I’ve picked a nice color palette, great fabrics. Β 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…
You remember me mentioning this. Β Well, I found in a basket these little four patches. Β I’m certain I was planning to make stars, but that is where my certainty ends. Β I had lots of little pieces cut up besides the little 4-patches. Β I do remember where my inspiration for this block comes from. The cut…
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…
The definition of a scrap quiltΒ – a quilt created out of several pieces of various fabrics, frequently these pieces are extra pieces of fabric from past quilting projects. I finished this quilt this weekend. You might remember me discussing this quilt and my scrap fabric storing system. Β If not, that post is here and…
I think anybody who buys a lot of fabric ends up with a lot of scraps. Β Anyone who cuts into there fat quarters and half yards knows what I’m talking about. Β There are these pieces that end up leftover, not big enough to go back into where you keep your stash, but not small enough…