The Other February Holiday
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 […]
The Things to Talk About
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 […]
The Temporary Template
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 […]
The Rulers that Rule
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, […]
The Bold Trek
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 […]
The New Year
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 […]
The Best-Laid Plans
This post is going to get all technical, because this block had a whopping 37 pieces and no clear path to put it all together. It seemed like there ought […]
The Dark and Stormy Night
I started this triangle block at in-person retreat, and finished it at an “at-home virtual retreat” a couple of days later. After the dramatically Covid-infested Spring Retreat, I opted to […]
The Meandering Path
This block travelled a lot. I started it at home, then took it with me to bowling, then it went to the ER (and even hung out briefly in the […]
The Forward Motion
Real life often intervenes and it can be hard to find time to work on quilting projects. But the beauty of portable projects like these hand-stitched Dear Jane blocks is that […]
The Long View
Now that the center 5×5 section of the quilt is sashed together, I had originally planned to start putting together my first triangle row, but I don’t have quite enough […]
The Balancing Act
In my blog planning software, I originally referred to this block as “Diamond on Pyramid on Chevron on Triangles on Trapezoid” … and the pieces in this block do indeed […]