Sideways view of heart blocks alternating with 9-patch blocks to give a chain effect. The hearts are in rows of pale orange, white-ish, and pale green, while the chain blocks are small white squares on a blue-grey background. That blue-grey is also the background for the heart blocks.

Sideways …

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I’m talking about the picture here. 😉 My “design wall” isn’t long enough to hang these rows the right direction, so they’re sideways. As I add more rows, I won’t be able to hang this at all; the quilt top will be too big in every direction, even though it […]

Piles of completed 9-patch blocks in grey-blue and white, alongside pieces that have yet to be combined into yet more 9-patch blocks.

1001 little pieces

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Okay, I exaggerated, but it certainly does seem at times as though it’s that many! I’m making a new quilt, and one of the steps is to make 140 little 9-patch blocks that measure 3.5″ unfinished — and that’s for the throw sized version of this pattern. As you may […]

Detail of "needle" quilt showing the free-motion feathers and ruler work quilting.

Got the Point?

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Got the Point? That’s what I’ve named my latest quilt. It was a fun one to make, and it’s now hanging in my sewing room, replacing a quilt that had hung there for over 20 years! It was time for a change, wouldn’t you agree? As you may be able […]

Triptych of embroidered/appliquéed pieces. Reading across them is "Home is where the Dog is", and the fabrics and threads are in shades of purples and teals.

I took a break …

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… from my fun “needle” quilt today. I’d run across an embroidery design that I just loved, so I stitched it up before continuing the next step on my quilt. The design is from Janine Babich, the second one I’ve ever done of hers. The first one was a *long* […]

Part of a quilt representing colorful sewing machine needles. Quilting is some ruler work, pebbles, and feathers.

Texture

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I’ve been taking a long time to get going on the quilting on my current small quilt. I did actually start, but then I didn’t like what I’d done, so I “unquilted” it and started over with the “pondering” phase. However, I’m coming down the home stretch now, and I […]

A range of colorful batik fabrics, ranging from pink to blue to purple and green. There is also some very pale blue for backgrounds.

Sew Speedy

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Some time ago, I saw an adorable pattern  by Whole Circle Studio and have admired it ever since. However, a couple of weeks ago I was planning to attend an upcoming sewing day at “my” LQS, the day sponsored by our local guild, and I didn’t really have anything in […]