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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]