The title of this post is actually the title of a class (and project) developed by Susan Cleveland; our guild brought her here last week for a lecture, a trunk show, and a couple of classes. One of the classes was to learn her Dresden Plate technique, which I’ve used […]
basket blocks
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I’ve posted before about designs from San Francisco Stitch Co. As they’ve done in several times in the past, they’re providing a free set of designs, one block at a time over the course of several weeks. This time, the 6″ blocks are called Winter Twist, and each block will […]
Whew! I’m tired! Last Thursday, two friends and I went to the convention center and set up my display. It was fun, and I’d never have been able to get it done without them. Here’s a photo of part of the finished display; I also had quilts hanging on two […]
It seems as though I’ve been working — on and off — on this quilt forever, but it’s finally done. 🙂 It’s my Swap Baskets quilt that began as a swap (October, 2010) of signature blocks among the members of my local group. I had no idea what I was […]
I haven’t made a lot of noticeable progress on anything lately, but I do have a couple of projects going. The first is the quilting on my basket quilt. The lines of thread you can see in the photo are just the basting, which I’m clipping as I cross it […]
I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. 🙂 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first […]