I’m taking a wonderful series of classes online from Philippa Naylor, and the most recent one was to learn a great technique for curved piecing. The finished design is called Happy Heart, and it’s truly wonky and fun. Each individual curved block finished at 3″, and the outer border was […]
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A couple of weeks ago I showed you the beginnings of a new quilt, called Interwoven, that I’m making. I’m very relieved to have finished making all of my strip sets (should I admit how tired I am of making strip sets?) and also all of the blocks necessary for the […]
I saw a quilt at my local quilt shop and couldn’t get it out of my mind. I love the soft colors and the interest and movement created in the way the blocks are put together. It’s a departure from the very colorful quilts that were my last couple of […]
Several weeks ago, I posted a bit of progress on my current quilt project. I’d love to say that getting ready for the Christmas season is the reason I haven’t gotten any further, but that wouldn’t be true. At least, it would only be partially true. 😉 What actually happened […]
Today I finished all of the blocks for the little quilt I’m working on. Paper piecing made this doable, since each unfinished block is only about 4.5″ on a side and has 19 pieces; each strip is only 3/8″ wide at its widest point. I had to be very organized […]
Yesterday I had some fun at the quilt shop as I picked out eight colors for my next quilt, which will be quite a bit smaller than my last one. However, it’s going to have a lot more pieces! I’m paper piecing this one, a technique I’ve enjoyed for a […]