The Shiny New Tools
I’ve agreed to teach a half-day hand piecing class at my guild’s day camp in a couple of months. I’ve taught hand quilting before, and while that was somewhat nerve-wracking, […]
The Robot Rabbit
I’m not sure what this block pattern is supposed to be, but every time I look at it, I see a rabbit-shaped robot, so that’s what I’ve been calling it. […]
The Labor of Love
This is not the block I’d intended to do next, but how could I pass up the opportunity to work on this heart-filled block on the week of Valentine’s Day? […]
The Pinsetter
I know what you’re thinking: what does the bowling term “pinsetter” have to do with this quilting block? I did actually sew part of it while waiting for my bowling […]
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 Crazypants Block
I’m just past the 1/3 mark of the 225 blocks in this quilt, so it seemed like an excellent time to tackle my first corner block. I know, one block before […]
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 Loner
I chose this block in part because I noticed that I’d only completed one other block in row F, and I didn’t want Block F5 to feel alone any longer. The […]
The Bulgy Block
This block reminds me of Block B3 … if it was rotated 45 degrees and bulging at the seams: I’m also feeling like I’m bulging at the seams, after a […]
The Intrepid Traveler
I started this block sitting in the waiting area at McCarran International Airport, thanks to thick fog in another city delaying my plane’s arrival. This is exactly why I always like […]
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 […]