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Life’s a Trip
This quilt has been a long time in the making. As scraps piled up I cut into them. I worked on it when I was between other projects. I paused for a while because I wasn’t sure what my finished … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 completes, Quilting, scraps
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Perfectly Imperfect
Our family’s penchant for making, and appreciating, art comes from many places. There is no doubt these two ladies had an influence in that department. These two sweet ladies are some of the strongest women I have ever known. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Completes, Christmas, Family, hand quilting, Quilting, Quilts and their History, Uncategorized
Tagged design, handquilting, heriloom, quilting, scrap quilt
12 Comments
Carson’s Critters
This was such a fun quilt to make. Partly because I didn’t have to think about it thanks to Dani’s wonderful directions! I do not have an Accucut and I didn’t use Dani’s templates, but instead I used my own Eliza’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 completes, Gifts, machine quilting, Quilting, scraps, Uncategorized
Tagged animal quilt, baby quilt, critter quilt, drunkard's path, Kona, machine, quilting, serpentine, zigzag quilting
8 Comments
Color Explosion quilt
It started out just playing with leftover Kona cottons on a rainy day, at the cottage. And because my space is in the loft I can just leave it out and add to it when I feel the need to play … Continue reading
Posted in Design, machine quilting, Quilting, scraps
Tagged design, Kona, kona cotton, quilting, sewing
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Setting Sun quilt
Not a great day for taking pictures. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t get the vibrancy, of my Setting Sun quilt, to shine. We, in Michigan, are in the gray days of winter. A flip-flop of a real sunset because … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Completes, Design, fabric, Quilting
Tagged baby quilt, hand quilted, peppered cotton, quilt, setting sun, sunset
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How to Mark a Baptist Fan
With a little help from my friends, I settled in on the Baptist Fan quilting design for my Garden Party quilt, I shared last week. I do mark the entire quilt top before I start quilting and ideally I mark it before I … Continue reading
Flower Garden II
The second version of the my Flower Garden quilt is completed and gifted to another sweet little niece. This quilt is based on the classic quilt block, Drunkard’s Path, and set with sashing and borders of the same size as … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Completes, Design, fabric, Gifts, Quilting, Uncategorized
Tagged baby quilt, drunkard's path, flower garden quilt, Kona, quilt, quilting, scrap, serpentine
10 Comments
Garden Party
AKA Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend II I started this (Garden) Party back in 2011. Then it got tucked away until I could come up with a better variety of Kaffe Fassett fabrics. It takes a 6″ square to cut each … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting
Tagged 60 degree, diamonds are a girls best friend quilt, fabric, jane austen quilt, kaffe fassett fabrics, Kona, quilt, quilting, WIP
18 Comments
Blue, orange, green….
I made Amelia this quilt for her first birthday. It’s called orange, blue, green…. Ha! No, it is really a St. Louis 16 and is a classic patchwork quilt design. It is also an awesome tool for teaching colors, when using solids. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, Birthday, Design, fabric, Quilting, scraps, Sewing
Tagged checkerboard quilt, educational, Kona, patchwork quilt, pattern, quilting, scrap, St. Louis, St. Louis 16 block, traditional, vintage
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Two rainy days in a row…
You know what that means?!! Clean bathrooms, fresh sheets on the beds and more time to sew! I got the large portions of yesterday’s Quilt Math project sewn together. Looking through the camera’s lens, I’m not real happy with the center … Continue reading