piecing
In Houston last fall, I took another class from one of my favorite teachers, Philippa Naylor. This one was on techniques to use in curved piecing. I only finished the very center portion of the piece in class, and then — as these things so often happen — it was […]
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 […]
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 […]
I’ve been home from the big Houston Quilt Festival for just hours short of a week now, and I think I’ve finally recuperated and caught up enough to get my blog caught up, too. 😉 A friend and I flew to Houston on Wednesday (11/2/2011), arriving in time to dump […]
I’ve been working on my basket quilt today and have made some progress. 🙂 All of the baskets were already put together into strips with black setting triangles, and today I cut what felt like miles of an off-white fabric with black pin dots; these strips will be the first […]