The Boring Border Bits
The outer borders were much simpler to put on than the triangle borders had been, because these borders were really just getting attached to the solid triangles, not the pieced […]
The Terribly Troublesome Triangles
Once the skinny sashing strips were on, it was time to move on to the next round of borders: attaching the triangle borders to the skinny strips. Before attaching the […]
The Skinny Sashing Strips
Well, here we are, more than three weeks after I posted about finishing the final block, and I feel like I don’t have a lot to show for it. Because […]
The Homespun Block
Well, here it is, folks, the final block. I read somewhere that if a quilting project comes out lumpy and misshapen, you should just tell people that it’s folk art […]
The Sashay
As mentioned in my last blog article, this last bit of the square block sashing got off to a rocky start. And I knew it was going to be a […]
The Penultimate Patchwork
I’d been dragging my feet on doing this, the “first” block, because it bothered me that the design in the Dear Jane book and software (as shown below) did not […]
The Dwindling Supply
This is my next-to-last batch of sashing … well, if you don’t count the skinny sashing strips or attaching all the completed sections to each other. And it’s good that […]
The Smooth Sailing
I’m glad I saved one last beginner block to recharge me for the last couple of remaining blocks. But is this really a beginner block? It’s giving me flashbacks to […]
The Quilter’s Log
I’m on a mission to get this quilt top done, and I’ve been churning these last few blocks and sashing segments out so fast that I’m not having a lot […]
The Troublesome Techniques
This block contained so many techniques that have historically been troublesome: tiny pieces, diamond-in-a-square segments, and y-seams. Working from the center out, the first troublesome technique was tiny pieces. That […]
The Tenth Anniversary
Another batch of sashing done, with no real drama. I like that these four-block segments are portable enough that I can fit them in my travel kit for stitching on […]
The Footnotes
It may seem like the only thing I did at retreat was stitch one triangle border together, but I actually got a few other things done. For starters, I cut […]