The Bias
Cutting out the pieces is one of my least favorite parts of the quiltmaking process, so I generally just slavishly follow the cutting directions and try to get it over […]
Blocks
The Magic Trick
I thought I’d follow up last week’s Y-seamed block with another, turning it into a two-block arty series. These two blocks have a lot in common, featuring diamonds, inset (“Y”) seams, […]
The Whys
The blog post for this block was originally going to be about the Y-seams required in the block construction. For those that are not in the know, a Y-seam is just […]
The Victorian Camo
The title of this blog post comes from my intense dislike of the fabric in this block. It’s done in traditional camouflage fabric colors, but instead of random splotches, it […]
The Halfpenny
This is the last of my Versatile Nine Patch series of blocks, and definitely the most complicated. In theory, it is just a nine patch tilted 45 degrees to be […]
The Versatile Nine-Patch
When I started this blog, I’d planned to do some posts for a single block and some for a “series” of blocks (it sounds so arty, having a series of […]
The Reverse Polarity
I couldn’t resist the title for this blog post, since the block prominently features a plus sign, and I’d been feeling a little negative about this project when I began this […]
The Knot
After those endless tiny strips of the last month, I really needed to do something different. This block seemed like a fun and deceptively easy change of pace. At first […]
The Sticks
I put these four blocks together in a set because they all featured 1/4″ wide red strips (“the sticks”) in the design, so I figured I’d get plenty of practice […]
The Inner Circle
The whole time I was planning to do this block, I was under the impression that it was going to be appliqué. I figured you’d cut out one big piece […]
The Skill-Built Block
I call this one the skill-built block because it draws on so many skills learned on previous blocks. You may recognize the square surrounded by a border from The 10 […]
The 10 Percent Block
With the completion of this block, I am more than 10% done with making the blocks for this quilt (23 of 225). I started the first block almost exactly 10 […]