The Morse Code
When I sat down to start on this triangle block, I saw I had written down a note for this block that said simply “interlocking circles fabric from Becca?”. I […]
Fabric
The Official Record
For the record, it was probably dumb to combine constructing a 47-piece block with assembling an entire border row as my monthly quilting goal for the shortest month of the year. […]
The Controlled Chaos
While the fabric print used for this block is small, it is semi-directional. I had not really thought through how A) there were pieces of the print fabric adjacent to […]
The Forest
Originally I had planned to make this triangle block in a fabric I’ve used elsewhere that has oval outlines on it. But when I actually sat down to cut out the […]
The Surprise Candidate
With this block, I continued trying to find a home for the boring cream fabric I opted not to use in Block B9. Except that I didn’t like the fabric here […]
The Fabrics That Got Away
As my readers are well aware, I hate appliqué, but there wasn’t really another way to do this block, so I cut out the pieces and got started. For a […]
The Packed Suitcase
I worked on this triangle block during a weekend getaway in May. I’d traveled so light for retreat the previous month, bringing the smallest amount of fabric imaginable for three […]
The Windowpanes
I had decided that I had definitely picked out all the fabrics I was going to use for this quilt, and I was going to stop adding more. But I […]
The Dots to Connect
I’ve wanted to use this dots fabric since I first laid eyes on it, and I felt like this was a perfect block for it. I’d imagined having more than […]
The Circling Birds
This was the block I’d been stewing about how to construct at the end of March. I decided that once we were at the start of a fresh month (April), […]
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 […]
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 […]