The Swirls Upon Swirls
I was in a rush to finish one more block for my June goals. So naturally I picked an advanced difficulty one. This one had tan swirl fabric pieces adjoining […]
The Fabrics That Got Away
As my readers are well aware, I hate appliqué, but there wasn’t really another way to do this block, so I cut out the pieces and got started. For a […]
The Triangulation
I stupidly started this triangle border assembly process with BR1 (the first triangle I did, and re-did, and re-did). All I had to do was stitch a solid red triangle […]
The Packed Suitcase
I worked on this triangle block during a weekend getaway in May. I’d traveled so light for retreat the previous month, bringing the smallest amount of fabric imaginable for three […]
The Windowpanes
I had decided that I had definitely picked out all the fabrics I was going to use for this quilt, and I was going to stop adding more. But I […]
The Block-Choosing Rules
It was nice to have a really simple block for a change. It’s been several complicated blocks in a row, and I was ready for a slam dunk. I cut […]
The Hang Glider
There were so many possibilities for constructing this one! Since it wasn’t immediately obvious how to put it together, I went to all my usual sources to see how others […]
The Dots to Connect
I’ve wanted to use this dots fabric since I first laid eyes on it, and I felt like this was a perfect block for it. I’d imagined having more than […]
The Design Choices
The early drafts of this article were a lot longer … a jumble of feelings about retreat and family and self-centered fellow quilters. But a common theme emerged: design choices. […]
The Circling Birds
This was the block I’d been stewing about how to construct at the end of March. I decided that once we were at the start of a fresh month (April), […]
The Outer Limits
Finishing my block goals on the next to last day of the month, I had to look to the outer limits of the quilt to find some sashing that I […]
The Light
My 2024 quilting goal includes two Dear Jane blocks per month, and the first block of March took so long, it was going to be a rush job to finish […]