piecing

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Almost …

Normally, if I were posting a picture of a quilt label, that would mean I was finished with the quilt. Not this time, though. I’ve finished the piecing, the quilting, the binding, and designing and embroidering the label, so what’s left? This quilt is going to get some bling! I […]

Pausing at the borders

As planned, I’ve finished adding the borders to La Vie Est Belle, and I’m taking a bit of a break to get some other things accomplished before beginning the quilting. That will give me time to think about how I want to quilt it — deciding that always takes me […]

Heading for the border(s)

Whew! The major part of the piecing on this quilt is now done! The next part will be to add the borders, of course, and then I may put the top away temporarily and do something else for some variety before beginning the quilting. Naturally, given my “waffly” mind, the […]

Hard at work

My granddaughter started working on a jellyroll quilt at the beginning of the summer after we’d given her the jellyroll and backing/binding fabric for her birthday in May. As soon as the rush of end-of-school activities was over, she came over to my house to sew, but a long list of scheduling conflicts […]