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 […]
Fabric
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 […]
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 […]