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I’ve been bad

I promised myself I would not start a new project until I finished some unfinished ones I’m working on. But yesterday I just couldn’t help myself. I was straightening up and I came across some blue and white fabric scraps my aunt gave me for a snowball quilt I want to make. I’ve got about […]

Finishing my own quilt on the longarm

I’m quilting my triangle boot camp quilt tonight at Quilting By You in Bettendorf, Iowa. It’s a great place because there are three longarm machines that you learn to use and rent time on. Before Quilting By You, I always quilted on my home sewing machine, which was OK for crib-sized projects, but is a […]

Block a Day Challenge roundup – Week 14

Everyone must be inspired by spring, because the blocks and tops completed this week are all really bright and fun. This week we completed 57 blocks and three tops. I still haven’t had a chance to enter all the entries from March to choose a winner at random. I’m hoping to do that this weekend […]

Stash too big? Donate to Quilts of Valor

About a month ago I watched a program on Iowa Public Television about the Quilts of Valor Under Our Wings program. The program connects experienced quilters with men and women who have never sewed before to make a quilt for a veteran. I don’t come from a military family, but I just cried throughout the […]

Block a Day Challenge roundup – Week 13

This week we finished 20 blocks, two quilt tops and two quilts. I took a week off from sewing myself. I’ve just been exhausted all week. But I cleared my schedule this weekend and plan to make up for lost time. You’ve got two more days to post your blocks, tops and completed quilts for […]

Block a Day Challenge roundup – Week 12

This week was an exciting one in the Block a Day Challenge. The blocks we’ve been making for the first 11 weeks, started coming together as completed tops and quilts. We finished four quilts and two tops this week in addition to 93 new blocks. Great job everyone, keep up the good work. And don’t […]

I’m going through quilt retreat withdrawal

I spent last Thursday through Sunday at quilt retreat and now I miss it. I look forward to the semi-annual retreat for months. It’s a great opportunity to make a lot of progress on quilts. I finished 10 blocks on my New York Beauty Christmas quilt, finished piecing the top for the class sample for my […]

Quilt top reveal – Triangle Boot Camp

My plan was to work all day on Friday at quilt retreat to finish my triangle boot camp class sample, which I designed for a class I’m teaching in June at Neal’s Vacuum and Sewing Center in Muscatine, Iowa. But by the end of the night I just had the blocks done and the sashing […]

New York Beauty progress report

The first day of quilt retreat is over and I have a whopping 10 New York Beauty blocks to show for it. That makes 28 total, just four shy of the halfway mark for this king sized quilt. I started it a year ago at retreat and don’t work on it that often at home, […]