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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
How ingenious of me :)
You know I love working with scraps and when we got ready to head to the cottage, for the season, and I didn’t have a project to work on, I grabbed my Kona cotton scrap basket and headed out the door. … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, Quilting, scrap, scraps
Tagged design, kona cotton, quilt, quilt math, quilting, scrap, solid
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Playing with Scraps
I just got this stack of beauties in the mail. So much fun in such a small package! I “finally” got a round to signing up for one of those stash-building fabric subscription services. You’ve seen them, right? You pay a … Continue reading
Posted in Design, fabric, organizing, Quilting, scraps, studio
Tagged busting, color your stash, design, fabric, organize, organizing, quilting, scrap, subscription
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Flower Garden quilt
I first talked about this quilt just a week ago. The quilt is based on the classic quilt block, Drunkard’s Path, and set with sashing and borders of the same size as the finished blocks. In this case 4″. When I started I was … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 completes, Design, fabric, Quilting
Tagged baby quilt, drunkard's path, flower garden quilt, Kona, quilt, quilting, scrap
20 Comments