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 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. […]
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), […]
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 […]
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 […]
My friend Kathleen gave me a very small piece of this striped fabric, where the colors are just perfect for my quilt. The idea was to fussy cut the fabric […]
I’d thought this was a relatively straightforward pieced block, but when I looked more closely, it had two appliqué pieces (the diamond and on-point square at the top). I just […]
I cut out the pieces for this about a week before Valentine’s Day, in hopes of a timely finish. But of course I’m so behind on my blogging that you’re […]
I keep thinking there’s going to be nothing interesting to talk about on these sashing articles, because the sashing process is pretty much the same for all the blocks, but […]
One of the things I discovered with the previous block is how (not) to do appliqué that goes right up to a seam. I didn’t talk about it in the […]
Over the course of this project, I’ve constantly been looking to upgrade my tools. I have gone on quests for new marking pencils, needles (and more needles), pins (and more pins), pressing mats, […]
It didn’t seem like a block wrapped up on the third of December should count for the December goal, so I decided to knock out another one … and with the […]
This little bit of sashing was completed in December, and at that time, I was already thinking ahead to my 2024 quilting goals. For the last few years, I’ve been […]