The Marking Miss
This block looks complicated, but once you sew those little triangles onto the kite shapes to make pie wedges, it’s essentially just a slightly rotated pinwheel block. The biggest challenge […]
The Boring Bit of Sashing
I’ve been working really hard to catch up on my blogging, but I can’t seem to get this article out the door. The problem is, there’s absolutely nothing interesting to […]
The Risqué Appliqué
Perhaps genteel ladies didn’t acknowledge cleavage in the 1860s, so Jane meant the piece at the base of this block to represent something less risqué. But I can’t unsee it. […]
The Bounty of Light Greens
I’ve got several light green blocks left to do, so I’m trying to sprinkle them in periodically. I wouldn’t want to have light green overload! And I felt like this […]
The Pink Pearl Hack
While cutting out sashing strips, I was noticing how run-down my cutting mat looked. It had visible gashes from the rotary cutter blade, with little linty bits of (mostly red) […]
The Curvy Conundrum
I debated with myself at great length over how to assemble this one. It seems like I spent more time deciding what to do than actually doing it. There are two […]
The Official Tally
This block uses fabric with little tally marks on it, which is appropriate because I’m tallying up the few blocks remaining in this project – I’m nearing the end. The block was […]
The Cranky Quilter
When I finish this quilt and invariably start a more general-purpose quilting blog, it should definitely be named The Cranky Quilter. I’ve got to check if that blog name is […]
The Speed of Light
Just in case my previous block doesn’t count for the month of tiny triangles (since I started it in June, even though I finished it in July), I picked out […]
The Sashing and the De-Stashing
The Dear Jane quilt is not the only big project I’m working on. I’m also on a mission to “de-stash” my stash of fabrics. My plan to de-stash was formed […]
The Even Tinier Triangles
I’ve been super productive on this quilt for the last couple of months, and I kept pushing this block back so I could use it for the month of tiny […]
The Wrong Tool for the Job
Sometimes I don’t realize how challenging a block was to make until I try to attach it to other blocks. Block C7 was definitely the problem block in this batch. […]