I saw a quilt at my local quilt shop and couldn’t get it out of my mind. I love the soft colors and the interest and movement created in the way the blocks are put together. It’s a departure from the very colorful quilts that were my last couple of […]
Quilting
It’s been a very long time since I was fortunate enough to be able to take a class from a lady who is probably my all-time favorite instructor, Philippa Naylor. Some years ago, I had classes from her in Houston on varied topics like free-motion quilting, piecing, and binding. Lately, […]
And … it’s done! I had originally envisioned doing swirling feathers in all of the colored areas, but that was an impossible task. The bulk created by all of those tiny seams just meant that my free motion foot kept getting hung up; it’s rather difficult to do smooth curves […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]