Last spring I posted a little tutorial on how to make some signature blocks. Our quilt circle had its exchange, and I tucked my share of those signed blocks away for a time. Fast forward to last week, when our circle had another exchange, this time of half-square triangle blocks. […]
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Like many groups (and individuals), my local group is making blocks for our armed forces. We’re participating in the Just One Star challenge sponsored by Moda. The blocks are due by May 1, which gives everyone less than two more weeks to get a block made and mailed. I’m hoping […]
I do like curves! Not on me so much, but on my quilts. 😉 I’ve been making some Drunkard’s Path blocks in two sizes, and this is what they looked like on my cool design wall this morning. Since then, I’ve rearranged them a little to distribute the colors a […]
I’ve always liked curved blocks: Drunkard’s Path, New York Beauty, Winding Ways, etc. In fact, I’ve already made two projects from the Drunkard’s Path block, I’ve done some NY Beauties, and I recently finished my Winding Ways quilt (photo coming soon, I hope!). When I saw my sister’s recent work, […]
Today I added borders to my miniature Storm at Sea. I chose purple for the inner border to give good contrast and teal for the outer border to tie into some of the other colors in the top. Now it measures about 21″ x 24″. The next step, of course, […]