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Category Archives: 2014 completes
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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Everyone Deserves a Quilt
This is the first quilt I have ever made for my husband’s brother, my brother-in-law. I’ve been in the family for almost 28 years and I’m not sure why it took me so long! I didn’t know it, but apparently this is … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, Christmas, Design, fabric, Gifts, Nature, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged birch quilt, Cory Pepper, Freestyle Birch Trees, hand quilted, handmade quilt, low volume, peppered cottons, robert kauffman, sewfrench, veronica voile
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Kansas Twister Quilt
This quilt has been around a while, too, but is finally finished. It was last spotted here, back in January. Under a year isn’t bad, for me, with so many ideas swirling in my head. I suspect this pattern has been … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, Design, fabric, Finishes, Quilting, Tutorial
Tagged 60 degree triangle, aurifil thread, hand quilting, hexagon, kansas twister, pattern, pinwheel, quilt, quilt back, quilting, scrap, Texas Trellis, traditional quilt, triangles, tutorial, vintage quilt, whirligig, Whirling Triangles in a Hexagon
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Endless Chain quilt
Endless Chain’s windmill-looking block is based on a vintage pattern featured in newspapers in 1942 and throughout WWII. It was traditionally done as a paper pieced block. I’m not a paper piecer, can’t seem to get the hang of it, so … Continue reading
“Always in My Heart”
For my T-Tapp trainer and dear friend, Michelle. Aptly titled because this is where we carry those who leave this place before what we think of as their time. Quilted with hugs, and filled with love, because sometimes that is the best … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 completes, fabric, Finishes, Gifts, hand quilting, Quilting, Sewing
Tagged "Always in My Heart", applique, charm squares, dear friend, hand quilted, hand quilting, heart, HST, kona purple, low volume, quilt, red, scrap
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