The Online Shopping
At some point during the last few months, I decided I needed a wider variety of green fabrics in this quilt. Unfortunately, I like unpopular colors and designs (dark olive […]
Fabric
The Pandemic Life
Quilting is sure different during a pandemic, sometimes in unexpected ways. For example, I’m embarrassed that I can’t remember what day I finished this block. I’m pretty sure it was […]
The Zombie Block
When I set out to write this blog article, I had no idea it was going to be about the undead … but from the beginning, this zombie block had other […]
The Yardage Calculations
I’ve made no bones about how worried I am about the amount of red fabric I’ve got for this quilt. I’d planned to use it for the sashing strips between […]
The Century Mark
Those of you have been keeping track may have noticed that I’ve finished 99 blocks, making this one the 100th block … and it only took me 3.5 years to […]
The X Echo
I actually completed this block a week ago at a quilting retreat, but it’s been a busy week and I’ve been struggling to catch up on my blogging. So, I’ll […]
The Repeater
Now that I’ve used all the fabrics at least once, it’s time to repeat a fabric for the first time. And what better fabric to repeat than this one, which […]
The Anticlimax
Totally by accident, I didn’t repeat any fabrics for the first twenty-five blocks or so of this project (well, except for the red that’s used in every block, obviously). At […]
The Big Difficulty
I think this may be the most difficult block I’ve done yet. As I planned which fabrics to use for which blocks, I tried to match the scale of the […]
The Tribe
I always enjoy going to quilting retreat (except for that one disastrous day where I was trying to make my first triangle block), but this time I felt like I […]
The Placement Puzzle
Word has gotten around my quilt guild that I’m always looking for suitable fabric for this quilt, especially that light sage green color, which is so hard to find these days. […]
The First X Yards
I’ve just about used up my first chunk of red fabric. Here are all the scraps I have left of that initial piece: The problem is, I can’t remember how […]