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 […]
Fabric
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 […]
The Piece Count
I had intended to do one more block with curved pieces, but now that I’m no longer doing multiple similar blocks in an arty series, I want to mix it up […]
The Meaningful Middle
This block sits smack in the exact middle of the quilt, and Paulette had chosen a fabric for this block that clearly felt meaningful for her: Unfortunately I only have one square inch […]
The Alignment
Just like with the Victorian Camo block, I once again find myself working with a fabric that I probably wouldn’t have chosen and am not sure how to deal with […]
The Cheater
The green fabric in this block had a surprising source: This kind of fabric is called “cheater fabric” by some quilters. The fabric is preprinted to look like a patchwork design, so […]
The Groundhog Block
I finished this block on Groundhog Day, and a small part of me worried that when I woke up the next morning, it would be Groundhog Day again and I’d have to […]
The Rogue Piecer
Last week, I packed away the projects I was putting on the back burner, and it felt like a quilting weight had been lifted off my shoulders. Without all that […]