The Scant Stripes
My friend Kathleen gave me a very small piece of this striped fabric, where the colors are just perfect for my quilt. The idea was to fussy cut the fabric […]
Blocks
The Other February Holiday
I cut out the pieces for this about a week before Valentine’s Day, in hopes of a timely finish. But of course I’m so behind on my blogging that you’re […]
The Rulers that Rule
Over the course of this project, I’ve constantly been looking to upgrade my tools. I have gone on quests for new marking pencils, needles (and more needles), pins (and more pins), pressing mats, […]
The Bold Trek
It didn’t seem like a block wrapped up on the third of December should count for the December goal, so I decided to knock out another one … and with the […]
The Best-Laid Plans
This post is going to get all technical, because this block had a whopping 37 pieces and no clear path to put it all together. It seemed like there ought […]
The Meandering Path
This block travelled a lot. I started it at home, then took it with me to bowling, then it went to the ER (and even hung out briefly in the […]
The Forward Motion
Real life often intervenes and it can be hard to find time to work on quilting projects. But the beauty of portable projects like these hand-stitched Dear Jane blocks is that […]
The Mild Drama
I ended up choosing this block out of order, because my August sashing goal took up so much of the month. I needed a quick block, and this one fit the bill. […]
The Uninteresting Block
This may be the least interesting block in the world. I’m wanting to publish this blog article tonight, but I’m also realizing that I don’t really have much to say about […]
The Diamond in the Rough
After the last few complicated blocks, it was a relief to do something with simple rotary cutting and easy piecing. This was originally going to be a July block for […]
The Final Frontier
After wandering through the uncharted territory of my first day of post-pandemic retreat, I decided on Day 2 to boldly go where no one has gone before, and make this […]
The Thoroughly Modern Block
Until I took a close look, I thought all the triangles in this block were right triangles. But it turns out that some of the triangles used different angles, giving […]