The Time Warp Block
Ah, the holidays! That time of year where none of one’s regular activities seem to get done. Case in point: this block, which I embarrassingly started cutting out pieces for […]
Supplies
The Triangle Within a Triangle
This block was chock full of triangles, and in some cases, smaller triangles were sewn together to create bigger triangles. It reminds me of those count the squares games, where everyone always […]
The Angler
Don’t let the title fool you; this blog post is not about fishing. Instead, it’s about one woman’s very real struggle to cut out accurate 45-degree parallelograms. I was all pleased […]
The Travel Kit
One of the great aspects of hand piecing is how portable it is. A single block doesn’t take up that much space, and you don’t need any bulky equipment (or […]
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 Thread
The ironing ban has been lifted for a week now, but it took me a little longer than anticipated to get started. Last weekend, I washed and ironed most of […]