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 […]
The Seam Eliminator
This block was created at a quilting retreat last weekend, and as usual, I wasn’t prepared. I had to work the day before, I was battling a bad cold … […]
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 15-Minute Block
My last block took me way longer than it should have to finish. At one point, I had two seams left to sew, but I put off working on it […]
The Holiday
Today is National Quilting Day, and I have been celebrating in earnest. I have been working on my latest block for the Dear Paulette quilt – you can see a […]
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 […]
The Groundhog Block
I finished this block on Groundhog Day, and a small part of me worried that when I woke up the next morning, it would be Groundhog Day again and I’d have to […]
The Attitude Adjustment
My first attempt at this triangular block started in late October, almost 3 months ago. It looked pretty easy (just diagonal stripes), so I thought I’d knock it out quickly […]
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 […]