The Awkward Appliqué
Reverse appliqué seemed like the way to go on this block, but also felt like it would be awkward to do on such a small background piece … and yet […]
The Quilting Prescription
After an advanced block and an advanced triangle one after the other, doing a super simple beginner block was just what the doctor ordered. For a change, I picked out a […]
The Sashing Prep
I took this bit of sashing on vacation with me, because it doesn’t take nearly as much prep as a block does when I’m scrambling to get out of town. […]
The Chances of Success
At the end of April, I was so far ahead of my self-imposed schedule (I’d already finished my “May” quilting goals), that I decided it was time to tackle this […]
The Ever-Changing Schedule
I finished most of this (my May sashing goal) during the world’s longest quilt guild board meeting in mid-April. I know, I’m not getting around to blogging about it until […]
The Pizzelle
I cut out the pieces for this block on the last day of retreat and marked all the stitching lines: Then I spent a lot of time (way more than […]
The Tale of Two Appliqués
This batch of sashing includes one of the first appliqué blocks – nope, make that the first appliqué block I did on my Dear Jane quilt, way back in 2016. While […]
The Delicate Dance
This triangle block was stitched together in one afternoon during Spring retreat. The construction is fairly simple, once you work out which pieces to sew together first, so that you […]
The Workout
The construction of this block ended up being quite a mental workout, relying on all my pattern drafting skills and stitching tricks of the trade to make it happen. But […]
The Demise of Joann Fabrics
The blocks in this bit of sashing were all over the place size-wise … but they also all had points going right up to the edge. So, I focused on […]
The Morse Code
When I sat down to start on this triangle block, I saw I had written down a note for this block that said simply “interlocking circles fabric from Becca?”. I […]
The Disoriented Geese
This one went together quickly, which was great, after it took me until February 34th to finish my overly-ambitious February quilting goals. Perhaps a 47-piece block and sashing an entire […]