The Scant Quarter Inch
This is the first block where I’m sewing pieced squares to plain squares. The problem with that is if any of the seams are slightly off in the pieced square, it ends […]
The Tools
I’m continuing the theme of nine-patch blocks, but taking it up a notch with this next block, called Rayelle’s Fence.* It’s got 25 pieces, so almost as many pieces as […]
The Variations on a Theme
Once I had that first nine-patch block under my belt, I figured I’d continue on with all the variations on a nine-patch that are in this quilt (and there are […]
The First Block
Finally! So, my fabric was ready to go, and I had thread that was hopefully close enough in color. I was all set to quilt … and this time I […]
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 […]
The Replacements
I’ve been haunting fabric shops, digging through boxes of scraps at pre-owned fabric sales, going through my own stash, and hitting up all my quilting acquaintances for fabric over the […]
The Sashiko
It’s not in a quilter’s nature to have only one project going at a time. So last weekend, I went to my very first quilt guild workshop (I figured since […]
The Redesign
The outpouring of support (and fabric!) from friends and fellow quilt guild members has been overwhelming – it’s great to be part of such an awesome quilting community. I still have a […]
The Preparations
When people talk about the glamorous world of quilting (and they do, I’m sure), they never mention all the intense manual labor that’s involved before you can even begin to […]
The Inventory
Have You Seen These Fabrics? Armed with Paulette’s sample layout and my additional design plans, I took inventory of all the fabric I received with the kit. The box included the […]
The Technology
Paulette left some idea of what she’d planned for her Dear Jane quilt. The kit came with 15 yards of a dark brick red fabric, which judging by the yardage, […]
The Backstory
Who the heck is Paulette? The history of the Dear Jane quilt I’m working on spans 150+ years and links together countless people. The original of this quilt (pictured above) was completed in […]