Several weeks ago, my granddaughter asked me to teach her how to make a quilt, and I told her we’d better wait until school was over for the summer, since she and her family are always pretty busy. Today was the day! I got out graph paper for her to […]
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Not too long ago, I showed you some fabrics that are to be in my next quilt. Yesterday I began making the blocks and continued today. I’m pretty happy with the way they’re turning out, though there’s one at the lower left in the photo that looks pretty wonky. However, […]
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 […]