Quilt Tops for Trip
I have finished all 5 quilt tops for my upcoming trip – hooray! Now I have just a few short weeks to quilt and finish them. I would like to be further along in this but of course life gets in the way. Hopefully I…
Category: Stitching and Quilting
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Quilt Raffle Prize
I made this small quilt on a whim. I wasn’t planning to make it, but I found a pattern using Quarter Square Triangles and had so much fun that I just kept going! I loved how pinwheels popped up unexpectedly. Since the original pattern used…
Friendship Stars
I will be traveling in March and I challenged myself to make 5 quilts to take on the journey to give to friends and family. Needless to say it is nearly February and I have one quilt top made, and zero quilts actually finished! But…
2.5 Inch Squares
My quilting group ran a challenge where 16 people brought in 25 random 2.5 inch squares and we did an exchange. We were then to incorporate all of them into a quilt of our choosing. I had a terrific time with this, I made up…
Little Trees
This year I made little trees for Christmas. I took a class in miniature quilts and learned a new technique for foundation piecing, and took to it very quickly. I found it’s otherwise very difficult to make anything small with quilting. Quilting is traditionally for…
The First Noel
I took a class with Terri McNeill at the Dublin Knit and Stitch show. We made a Christmas Cushion using the applique technique. Applique finally clicked with me – I am thrilled to now have a good feel for applique! And the bonus is that…
Deck the Halls
This year I wanted to make a Christmas quilt for the hall, it will be the first thing you see when you walk in the door. I love this pattern that I saw in a Quilt Now magazine, it’s a variation of a log cabin…
Modern Quilter Tote Swap
This summer I joined a quilter swap where you make a tote bag for another quilter, and someone else makes one for you. I decided last minute to join it since I have very limited tote making experience. In fact I had never made a…
Birmingham Quilt Show
The Birmingham Quilt show in early August is now one of my favorite events of all time. It’s incredibly inspiring to see so many beautiful pieces of art in one place, and talk to people who have such different experience and opinions. This year I…