If you are just joining us today, we are in the middle of a quilt along where we are piecing together our quilt blocks. Day One of Cutting your fabric is here. Remember our pattern? Today we are going to focus on making our smaller bocks. The ones with 2 4 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches of fabric with the 1 inch strips in between and the 7 1/2 inch by 2 1/2 inch blocks (you will see it clearly in the photos below....don't stress yet ;) Let's get started.... Here is the layout of the ... View the Post
The Hexagon Quilt and Invisible Thread
The hexagon quilt is finally finished, washed and on its owners bed. Yippeee! I know you have seen this hexie one before (it's been a work-in-progress with the binding for awhile). But, I am so happy with the way it turned out. And I have a binding tip that maybe some of you already know (and you should have told me a long time ago)....but INVISIBLE THREAD is the bomb dot com (okay I never say that so I have no idea why I just wrote it). But, it really is. source I found this ... View the Post
Baby Coin Quilt
(Don't I have the best assistant ever? And thankfully she has a thing for gold shoes as well...) I told you earlier that one of my goals this year was to do a bit more quilting. It's been kind of a full-circle thing, because baby blankets and quilts were some of the first things I started sewing again after my first was born. And it's been really enjoyable to have a quilting project going that I can pick up and leave in between garment sewing. This one was a baby quilt for a cousin's ... View the Post
A Chevron Quilt and some scraps.
Happy Thursday everyone! I don't know what it is about this week, but I am ready for a weekend. I think it might be all the last-minute HUGE school projects that we are trying to get tucked away before the end of the year--but I will be happy when they are turned in and done. It's been a LOT of homework time. Also this week I have been working on some quilting projects. The hexagon quilt is finally back from Melissa's sewing shop and is ready to bind, which I am dying to get done. The ... View the Post
A Pinwheel Quilt and some thoughts…
“Nobody starts out a perfect quilter.” ― Sandra Dallas When my oldest was a baby and I had quit my teaching job, I needed something to do. Then one Sunday I saw a beautiful baby quilt at church that one of the older ladies in my neighborhood had made, so I asked her to show me how to make one. It was my first taste of sewing again and my very first taste of quilting.... I have done a few simple strip-quilts over the years, but found myself more drawn to sewing apparel. But late last ... View the Post
What I have been up to….
I am still trying to work hard on Hannah's room, well, that and nursing sick kids which is taking a lot of energy at the moment. The painting is done. The touch-ups are done. The fabric came in and I wish I could just get it all done in three days flat, but all my energy is being spent with blankets, drinks, ibuprofen and some cuddle time with each one. Which is exactly where it needs to be. So, the room (that is still sitting in crazy shambles) can wait. I did get a few ... View the Post