The Rocket Ship
The pandemic didn’t allow for an in-person quilting retreat in April or November this year, so a couple dozen of us decided to meet virtually instead. We kept a Zoom […]
The Star Trek Star
I had originally planned to do an advanced difficulty triangle next, but after my redrafting debacle I was looking for something simpler. I ultimately settled on this block where four […]
The Halfway Point
This is my block #113 out of 225 blocks. So, halfway through this block marks the halfway point of completing all the blocks. Pretty exciting stuff, right? I was so […]
The Madding Crowd
For all I’m spending all my time at home these days, I thought I might feel more isolated, but the fact is, I’m just as much immersed in the hustle […]
The Pandemic Life
Quilting is sure different during a pandemic, sometimes in unexpected ways. For example, I’m embarrassed that I can’t remember what day I finished this block. I’m pretty sure it was […]
The Zombie Block
When I set out to write this blog article, I had no idea it was going to be about the undead … but from the beginning, this zombie block had other […]
The Yardage Calculations
I’ve made no bones about how worried I am about the amount of red fabric I’ve got for this quilt. I’d planned to use it for the sashing strips between […]
The Turtle
Looking at my version of this block, it’s clearly a turtle, but nobody else seems to see it. The official name for the block is … oh, wait. All this […]
The Virtual Reality
It seems like most of my quilt-related activities have been cancelled due to the pandemic. I missed out on retreat last month, which I’m pretty sad about, but I’ve still […]
The Unexpected Ally
I’ve always been kind of surprised at people saying that they didn’t quilt for months after the death of a loved one. Quilting has such therapeutic value – who wouldn’t […]
The Fair Isle Block
I’ve been calling this the Fair Isle block in my mind, because it makes me think of Fair Isle knitting patterns: two-color patterns of squares in a repeating pattern (of […]
The Healing Power of Quilting
When life gets busy and stressful, quilting tends to fall by the wayside. But that’s when it’s needed most. Officially, this block took me 18 days to sew, but in […]