The Volcano
It seems appropriate, on this 41st anniversary of Mt. St. Helens erupting, to write about this triangle block … this cone-shaped vessel of chaos. How did this innocent quilt block […]
Triangles
The Antiques
This triangle block feels antique … I started it about two months ago, at our first virtual quilting retreat, finished it over a month ago (last year!), and just started […]
The Rocket Ship
The pandemic didn’t allow for an in-person quilting retreat in April or November this year, so a couple dozen of us decided to meet virtually instead. We kept a Zoom […]
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 Turtle
Looking at my version of this block, it’s clearly a turtle, but nobody else seems to see it. The official name for the block is … oh, wait. All this […]
The Unexpected Ally
I’ve always been kind of surprised at people saying that they didn’t quilt for months after the death of a loved one. Quilting has such therapeutic value – who wouldn’t […]
The Improvised Tools
I had originally planned to do a square block before tackling this one, but I was going to be on the road a week later and triangles are harder to […]
The Portmanteau
Today I learned that I’ve been using the word “portmanteau” wrong all these years. I knew it was a type of suitcase, and I thought the alternate meaning was “something that […]
The Battleship
Apparently this block is named Megan’s Cathedral, and the people in my hand quilting group said (unprompted) that it looked like a cathedral, but I just don’t see it. All I see […]
The Found Mojo
After the last block with all of its demotivating appliqué, I needed to re-find my mojo, so naturally I picked a block with more appliqué. Never one to shrink from […]
The Force
I finished this block yesterday, on May the 4th, so as I was wrapping it up, I naturally spent a lot of time thinking about Star Wars and the power […]
The WB Frog
The design at the base of this advanced difficulty triangle makes me think of a frog getting ready to jump. As I was preparing to make this block, I was thinking […]