The Official Record
For the record, it was probably dumb to combine constructing a 47-piece block with assembling an entire border row as my monthly quilting goal for the shortest month of the year. […]
The Controlled Chaos
While the fabric print used for this block is small, it is semi-directional. I had not really thought through how A) there were pieces of the print fabric adjacent to […]
The Bit-By-Bit Approach
In January, I sashed together a new section of the middle … the center-right one. I had four more blocks to sash, and they could be attached to four other 2×2 […]
The Forest
Originally I had planned to make this triangle block in a fabric I’ve used elsewhere that has oval outlines on it. But when I actually sat down to cut out the […]
The Dwindling To-Do List
In 2024, I made my annual Dear Jane block goal for the first time in years (possibly ever). I completed 28 blocks in 2024, and completed 7 sashing sections. It […]
The Inconsistent Angles
The rotary instructions for this block were made more complicated by the Dear Jane software, which seems to think some of the angles on these pieces are 46 degrees instead […]
The Last of a Dying Breed
This is one of the few remaining beginner blocks. I think I only have three more left, and I like to save them for special occasions. They often get slipped […]
The Pivot
If my count is correct, I’ve sashed together 17 sets of four blocks so far. On each of those, I’ve made sure that the little square cornerstone pieces on the […]
The Geometric Jigsaw
It seemed like there ought to be a way to simplify the piecing on this one, but I couldn’t figure it out. So, I just stuck with assembling all the […]
The Slivers
This triangle block has so many tiny pointy pieces: little pieced slivers in the middle of the block, plus the world’s pointiest appliqué sliver at the top of the triangle. […]
The Things That Are Really Needed
My goal was to do one blog article per day until I got caught up, but you may have noticed that there was no blog article yesterday. It turned out that […]
The Bleeding Edge
There are so many options for piecing this one, and I was taking it to retreat, so I wanted to have all viable options open to me when I got […]