The Exceptions to the Rules
When I start a new block, I usually do some research to see how other people constructed the block, as well as how it looked in the original quilt from […]
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 Hot Block
After uncovering my tendency to sew triangles in July, I’ve been putting some more thought into exactly how I decide which block to do next. This one was no mystery – I […]
The Month of Tiny Triangles
On the day I started this block, Facebook reminded me of a quilting memory from one year ago: The Halfpenny block. After finishing the piecing for that block, I photographed it with […]
The Point
The blog entry for my last block was all about color placement changing the look of the block. This one’s all about changing the construction technique without changing the look […]
The Barbells
Somehow I was not expecting this block to look the way it did. It always fascinates me how different a block looks in a black and white drawing. Take the […]
The Web
After trying the new label-based technique on my last block, it felt good to be back to plain old hand piecing again. When I started this block, I was planning […]
The Sticky Solution
I’m trying out a new technique suggested by Linda C. in the Dear Jane Quilting Group on Facebook. When I struggled so much to get my first triangular block into a […]
The Professor
I taught a hand quilting class at my quilt guild’s day camp yesterday. Not only had I never taught a class at day camp before, I’d never taught a class […]
The Bonnie Hunter Experience
Bonnie Hunter visited my quilt guild to give a lecture earlier this week. You can read all about the visit in her blog: https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-wings-to-washington.html I’d been looking forward to her lecture for months. She […]
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 […]