The Pauletta Stone
When I first got this “kit” for the Dear Jane quilt, it came with a piece of the background fabric that had a 13×13 grid of 1″ squares basted to […]
The Power of Just Starting
I’m nearing the end of my Dear Jane journey (or at least the piecing leg of my journey), but I still sometimes get stuck in that same old trap. And […]
The Sportsball Sashing Sessions
I’ve discovered that sashing is a great way to self-soothe during particularly intense sportsball games, so I’ve taken to coordinating my sashing sessions with sporting events on TV. This sashing […]
The Nesting Nine-Patches
I took this block on a weekend getaway … I definitely needed something simple, to get away from the ghosts of quilt blocks past in my last sashing segment. This […]
The Ghost of Quilt Blocks Past
So many mistakes of the past came back to haunt me in this batch of sashing. It was problematic from beginning to end. It started with sashing Block H1. This […]
The Falling Leaves
I had originally planned to do this triangle block later (let’s face it, I was not looking forward to the appliqué). But as I waited for the leaves to fall […]
The Four Score and a Dozen Logs
It’s been a long while since I got out my QuiltCut2 (I think it was when I was cutting out binding strips for the rainbow quilt), but I thought it […]
The Waste Management
I don’t like to waste any of my precious time at quilting retreat, so this block was done from start to finish on the third and final day. But the […]
The Devoted Followers
It turns out sashing is a little bit boring to do at retreat (and also everywhere else), but I’m at a point where I need to be alternating between block […]
The Countable Y-Seams
In this triangle block, I’m using one of three new green fabrics I found at the scrap extravaganza! Since I worked on this block on the first day of fall […]
The Time Trials
I don’t know what I was thinking, tackling the assembly of a triangle border row right after wrapping up one of the big sashing segments, which could be attached to […]
The Vibrant Fabric
In between my last big chunk of sashing and my next big chunk of sashing (forthcoming), I wanted to sneak in a quick block, and this one seemed to fit the bill. […]