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 […]
paper piecing
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Not quite two weeks ago, I posted this finished top. Today the little quilt is finished, and I’m pretty pleased with it, though there are definite mistakes in it. However, the pattern was fun to make, and the piece isn’t a UFO, so I’m happy. 🙂 When I posted the […]
… and now I’ll need to sandwich and quilt this piece! 🙂 The pattern went much more quickly than I’d expected, and I rather like the swirly effect of the skewed log cabin blocks. The pattern says to quilt it by stitching in the ditch, but I’m trying to think […]
Have you seen the current issue of American Quilter? If you have, you may have seen the article by Renae Merrill, called “Swirling Branches”. In it, she explains her method of paper piecing and provides a free pattern for a holiday wall hanging. I’ve been interested in her technique of […]
I subscribe to the Carol Doak Yahoo group, which has several thousand members. Carol has taught classes in all 50 states, as well as many foreign countries. To mark the occasion of having “hit” all 50 states, the members of her group are making her a quilt with star blocks […]