Macaroni!

No, this isn’t a post about food. 😉 Remember that retreat I blogged about in January? One of the classes I had there was from Susan Cleveland and dealt with using her corded piping in curves within blocks. Prior to this, I’d only used the piping next to the binding […]

Quilters are the nicest people!

I belong to a great group of quilters here where I live; we’re the Green Valley Quilters. When I first joined the group after moving here in 1999, we had a telephone “tree” to inform each one of what we needed to bring to the next meeting. It was a […]

Hearts

Our guild has an annual challenge, and this time we had a beautiful red batik fabric to use, as well as the requirement of a heart somewhere on whatever we created. We were given the fabric last January, and I made my piece in July but decided not to post […]

Another top

At the retreat I mentioned recently, I took a second class. I won’t say too much about it, as it wasn’t my favorite for several reasons. However, I’ve now finished the top begun there (it’s fused appliqué), though I am still debating whether or not to add borders. That would […]

As promised — and more

I actually have two finishes to show today! 🙂 First, I promised a photo of the finished top from yesterday’s post. Before I show you that, though, here is a photo of a couple of the 6-inch “macaroni” blocks we learned to make in class. Do you see the piping […]

Retreat

I’ve just spent a few days at a retreat I’d never before attended, and it was great! It was a smallish retreat (compared to some), with only about four classes each day, but it was so well organized that I was really impressed. Our rooms were very nice, and breakfast […]