I finished a T-shirt quilt for a client’s grandson last night. It’s made up of his shirts from school, Dance Marathon, vacations with his grandparents and some of his favorite rock bands.
We’re almost there. This is the second-to-last month for the 2015 Block of the Month and the last month we’re working with the blue fabrics. Next month we’ll move onto the purples and then we’ll put the entire quilt top together. Get excited! As usual, we’re making a lot of half-square triangles. The complicated look […]
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 […]
Today we say goodbye to the iron which has served long and faithfully for more than a decade. A high school graduation gift from my aunt, the quilter, she must have known the iron would one day be needed for far more than the mundane task of ironing dress shirts I left in the dryer […]
I finally finished sewing my 400th flying geese unit last weekend for the scrap quilt I’m working on. It was a good feeling, let me tell you. I still have to piece a couple dozen quarter square triangles, and then all the 4.5-inch units that make up my 16-inch blocks will be complete. I’ve been […]
Filled with intrigued, danger and a woman who was far ahead of her time, Elm Creek Quilts author Jennifer Chiaverini does not disappoint with “The Spymistress.” Following the life of Elizabeth Van Lew just before, during and after the Civil War, the historical novel delves into the covert activities the real life Military Intelligence Hall […]
We’re nearing the end of the 2015 Block of the Month. This month we’re starting to work with the blue fabrics. We’ll use them again next month, then finish up with the purples in December. This month we’re making a bunch of, you guessed it, half-square triangles. The individual blocks are not that difficult to […]
This is the start of a brand new block of the month from Quilt Addicts Anonymous. We are using an alternative grid layout with different sized blocks. The first features an 18-inch star pattern, made with paper piece and half-square triangles. Free printable instructions are available at this link: http://www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/block-of-tÂhe-month-2016/
Order the Quilt Addicts Anonymous 2018 Block of the Month Pattern Book designed by Stephanie Soebbing! Click here to order: http://shop.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/product/dimensions-pattern-book/ Dimensions is an 11-month block of the month program. There are 11 block designs and the quilt will measure 80-inches square when completed. The quilt uses Kinkame Shades and American Made Brand Solids by […]