paper piecing

24 posts

Spinning blocks quilt top

Slowly, but surely

Several weeks ago, I posted a bit of progress on my current quilt project. I’d love to say that getting ready for the Christmas season is the reason I haven’t gotten any further, but that wouldn’t be true. At least, it would only be partially true. 😉 What actually happened […]

spinning blocks

The next step

Today I finished all of the blocks for the little quilt I’m working on. Paper piecing made this doable, since each unfinished block is only about 4.5″ on a side and has 19 pieces; each strip is only 3/8″ wide at its widest point. I had to be very organized […]

triangular block

New project

Yesterday I had some fun at the quilt shop as I picked out eight colors for my next quilt, which will be quite a bit smaller than my last one. However, it’s going to have a lot more pieces! I’m paper piecing this one, a technique I’ve enjoyed for a […]

Pausing at the borders

As planned, I’ve finished adding the borders to La Vie Est Belle, and I’m taking a bit of a break to get some other things accomplished before beginning the quilting. That will give me time to think about how I want to quilt it — deciding that always takes me […]