The Appliqué
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned before how much I hate appliqué. So, I’ll tell you now that I really hate appliqué. To illustrate how much I hate appliqué, here […]
Blocks
The Epiphany
You might remember me lamenting about getting the seam allowances right in my earlier post: The Scant Quarter Inch. The latest block I completed has 49 pieces, and a whopping 48 […]
The Alien
As planned, I went for something totally different with this block … a color I hadn’t done for a while, a pattern I hadn’t done (although it was a combo […]
The Randomness
Randomness is a word my teenage daughter uses a lot. I’m not 100% convinced it’s a real word (my spellchecker certainly doesn’t think so), but it definitely conveys what I […]
The Rematch
After the easy diamond in the square block, I was ready to tackle another one of those complicated nine-patch blocks again. In addition to the rematch challenge of four striped […]
The Change of Pace
After the challenge of the last block, I definitely needed a change of pace. So, I opted to tackle a diamond in the square block. In my 18 years of quilting, […]
The Scant Quarter Inch
This is the first block where I’m sewing pieced squares to plain squares. The problem with that is if any of the seams are slightly off in the pieced square, it ends […]
The Tools
I’m continuing the theme of nine-patch blocks, but taking it up a notch with this next block, called Rayelle’s Fence.* It’s got 25 pieces, so almost as many pieces as […]
The Variations on a Theme
Once I had that first nine-patch block under my belt, I figured I’d continue on with all the variations on a nine-patch that are in this quilt (and there are […]
The First Block
Finally! So, my fabric was ready to go, and I had thread that was hopefully close enough in color. I was all set to quilt … and this time I […]