Quilts
I am lucky to have several wonderful quilting and fabric stores in my area. They all provide fabrics and notions that appeal to different clientele, meaning that my area is rich in ideas and inspiration for quilting. The first store that I want to feature is the shop closest to me, Quilts N’ Bloom, which…
I finally finished my Fiery Labyrinth Quilt. If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you might just remember when I finished the top and backing. That was all the way back in November of 2012. Well, those finished pieced set on my quilt rack for over a year while I stressed about how…
After reviewing everyone’s comments from my post about coming up with a quilt design for the collage fabric I recently acquired, I came up with a design that I really like. It will allow me to run the bird print across the bottom of the quilt, which I love. I think it grounds the design.…
My weekly update on project progress. Finishes My Zen Chic quilt came back from Designs by Laura Jo on Monday night, so I got busy Tuesday evening, trimming the quilt top down and adding the binding. I still can’t believe what a good job she did on the quilting. It looks great. Now if I…
I recently agreed to do a basic quilting tutorial for a couple of the ladies who participate in Virtual Craft Nite. The tutorial was a simple 18-inch pillow cover using 9-patch blocks. I’m super proud of the girls finished projects, though they may hate me, since the piecing process is a lot more tedious than…
My weekly update on project progress. Finishes I finished my Romance themed (read Valentine’s Day) crazy quilt. I made a matching Valentine’s Day pillow cover. And I made up a pillow cover to match the His and Her’s Quilt. You’ll see a blog post about the pillow top next week. I also finished one more…
My husband recently brought to my attention that I may have a problem with quilts. They are everywhere in my living room. And I mean everywhere. The only thing I haven’t done is to lay one on the floor like a rug. My husband thinks I may have a problem. Any ideas on how to…
I seem to be making a habit of making a pillow cover to match each of my most recent quilts. So, I now present you with a simple pillow cover that I made to go with my Valentine’s Day Quilt. For this particular pillow cover, I chose to use one of the sampler style motifs…
I’m trying to finish projects as I start them instead of having lots of projects going at the same time. Being focused on only one or two projects at a time has been really good for me. I feel like I’m accomplishing much more than I would otherwise. It’s so easy when I have multiple…
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve been piecing yet another crazy quilt. That in itself isn’t surprising. What’s surprising is that it’s a Valentine’s Day quilt. That means lots of pink. Pink isn’t normally my color, but I ran across a great vintage-inspired Valentine’s Day print fabric at JoAnn’s, and when I did, I knew…
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The Communique
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