The Waste Management
I don’t like to waste any of my precious time at quilting retreat, so this block was done from start to finish on the third and final day. But the […]
The Devoted Followers
It turns out sashing is a little bit boring to do at retreat (and also everywhere else), but I’m at a point where I need to be alternating between block […]
The Countable Y-Seams
In this triangle block, I’m using one of three new green fabrics I found at the scrap extravaganza! Since I worked on this block on the first day of fall […]
The Time Trials
I don’t know what I was thinking, tackling the assembly of a triangle border row right after wrapping up one of the big sashing segments, which could be attached to […]
The Vibrant Fabric
In between my last big chunk of sashing and my next big chunk of sashing (forthcoming), I wanted to sneak in a quick block, and this one seemed to fit the bill. […]
The Sashing Slog
This started out as a simple task of sashing four blocks together, but then those four could be attached to four other groups of four to form a larger segment […]
The Marking Miss
This block looks complicated, but once you sew those little triangles onto the kite shapes to make pie wedges, it’s essentially just a slightly rotated pinwheel block. The biggest challenge […]
The Boring Bit of Sashing
I’ve been working really hard to catch up on my blogging, but I can’t seem to get this article out the door. The problem is, there’s absolutely nothing interesting to […]
The Risqué Appliqué
Perhaps genteel ladies didn’t acknowledge cleavage in the 1860s, so Jane meant the piece at the base of this block to represent something less risqué. But I can’t unsee it. […]
The Bounty of Light Greens
I’ve got several light green blocks left to do, so I’m trying to sprinkle them in periodically. I wouldn’t want to have light green overload! And I felt like this […]
The Pink Pearl Hack
While cutting out sashing strips, I was noticing how run-down my cutting mat looked. It had visible gashes from the rotary cutter blade, with little linty bits of (mostly red) […]
The Curvy Conundrum
I debated with myself at great length over how to assemble this one. It seems like I spent more time deciding what to do than actually doing it. There are two […]