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 […]
Assembly
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 […]
The Frog to Eat First
You know that old saying about eating the frog first thing in the morning? Basically, it means you tackle the hardest thing first, and everything after that seems easy. So, […]
The Celebration
With this batch of sashing, attached to three other batches in the bottom left, I’ve now completed eight of the nine “nonants” (the nine sections in the center of this […]
The Low Bar
Nothing fit together right on this bout of sashing. Blocks K1 and K2 were the worst. I’m giving myself a pass on K2 (bottom right), since it was made so […]
The Backing Candidates
I’m getting towards the end of the piecing phase of this project. There are less than 10 blocks left to stitch, and I’ve made great strides on the sashing too. […]
The Place for Everything
Until two or three months ago, all my frequently-used quilting tools were piled into both halves of an old school box, which was in turn balanced on top of a […]
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 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 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 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 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 […]