I’ve been working on a Dresden Plate design for the past few months, and it’s now finished! 🙂 I’d made one several years ago from a pattern by Susan Cleveland, and she has now written a book full of inspiration: Dynamic Dresdens. Her method avoids having to appliqué a circle […]
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I’ve completed my three planned Dresden Plates and attached them to the quilt sandwich. In Susan Cleveland’s technique, they are attached to the entire quilt sandwich at this point, rather than just to the quilt top. Now I’m beginning the quilting! So far, I’m not quite sure what I’m going […]
No, not me! 😉 But my quilt is home! It was such a thrill to have this quilt accepted to such a special show. I didn’t expect to earn a ribbon, so I’m not disappointed there, but a couple of very kind people did send me photos of the quilt […]
And it’s finished! This quilt will go to the youngest of our grandsons when he begins his pilot training. The design was originally called Metropolis II (by Heidi Pridemore), but I’ve renamed it to reflect our grandson’s interest. I quilted it in a design by Sue Heinz, called Road Trip, […]
Last summer I pieced a quilt top called Metropolis II by Heidi Pridemore, and that top has been “marinating” while I considered how I wanted to quilt it. I’d finally decided that I wanted to use some of the designs that Sue Heinz has in her repertoire and which would […]
This has been a fun little project, and now it’s in the completed column! I’ve just put the finishing stitches in today, and I’m hoping  to be able to get busy on the next project very soon. 🙂 The embroidery motifs for this one were free downloads from San Francisco […]