It seems as though I’ve been working — on and off — on this quilt forever, but it’s finally done. 🙂 It’s my Swap Baskets quilt that began as a swap (October, 2010) of signature blocks among the members of my local group. I had no idea what I was […]
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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 […]
Do you remember when I posted about making a lot of Drunkard’s Path blocks? I’ve finally finished the quilt, including the label and a hanging sleeve, just in case I want to hang it at some point instead of using it to snuggle under. 🙂 I had a lot of […]
As you can see from the photos, I did decide not to do any filler quilting in the corners of this piece. After trying two different fillers and having to pick them out, I just couldn’t bring myself to do a third. If I’d had to pick that one out, […]
During the class I took in Phoenix last month, I drew out the designs for two wholecloth quilts. One of them must be redone, due to slithering problems, but the other (smaller) one is fine, so I began quilting it a few days ago. I quilted all of the main […]
It’s finished! I really wanted to get this done before the next meeting of our local group, and I made it. Whew! 😉 This was a fun table runner to make; we took strips and watched as they magically became this simple but very interesting pattern. (Click on the photos […]