It feels like both. I’ve been working all week to get patterns uploaded to Payhip. It’s been an ordeal, but I think I’ve done it, correctly, I hope. Yesterday a package arrived from Northcott with fabric for several of the designs that have been in their Look Books. First is Santa’s Tree Farm, see it […]
Baker’s Dozen Squared
This is Baker’s Dozen Squared. The center square is the perfect place to fussy cut a print, or for some fancy quilting.
EQ Design Challenge & Giveaway
I finally finished up my entry for the EQ Design Challenge. Over 11 years ago I made a lap quilt for my mom for her birthday. The block centers are leftovers from the Quilt Minnesota fabrics that year. This is a variation of her quilt. Without the “pictures” for the block centers, it just didn’t […]
Corrections to Goose Chase
Page 1 Step 2e: the last line should say “Repeat with the remaining Fabric 3 squares. The diagrams for the quilt, Steps 2h and 3i on page 2, and on page 4 don’t show all the Flying Geese blocks in the bottom pieced border. The diagrams should look like this: The written instructions are correct. […]
Next project
The Timeless Treasures fabric, Cotton Blossom http://ttfabrics.com/collection/cotton-blossom/ for my sample for the pattern cover for Goose Chase arrived Monday. Finally, I get to start playing with it.
Twirling Ribbons- pieced binding
This is my latest pattern, Twirling Ribbons. Below is the wallhanging size 34″ x 47″. Add two more borders to make a small lap quilt, 45″ x 57″. The fabric is Saddle River by Timeless Treasure. It is beautiful! You can see it here. I designed this quilt with asymmetrical borders. The left and bottom […]
Pillow Pouches
Several months ago a customer brought some embroidered blocks for me to make into throw pillow covers. I’ve made quilts for her before with her blocks, this time she wanted pillow covers. She brought 12 in all, six of two different designs. I finally started on them last week. I have one completely done. She […]
Half Square Triangles
I recently had two quilters question instructions on making HSTs, so I thought I’d go over my method for making HSTs. It’s actually not MY method, I learned it from Eleanor Burns on Quilt in a Day close to 40 years ago. It’s the only way I’ve made HSTs. It starts with a grid of […]
The quilt is almost done…
I just need to add the outer border. I put it up on the design wall. I really like it, but the design doesn’t show up like I want it to, thanks to the fabric choices. Fabric makes such a big difference in quilting! I also noticed that I have some ripping to do… The […]
A new pattern
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks (more or less) working on a new pattern. I thought it would be so easy, after all, it’s just squares, half-square triangles, Flying Geese and a couple of quarter-square triangless. Oh, my! It’s not going to be a difficult pattern. There are three different sizes of HSTs, and […]
A project finished–almost
Yesterday I finished piecing the third project for Island Batik. Hopefully I can get it quilted on Saturday; if not then it will be a week from tomorrow. I can’t wait to show pictures of it (all of them)! It’s such beautiful fabric! I saw something this morning on facebook, but I can’t find it […]