Posts Tagged ‘Quilting’
Works in Progress
My weekly update on project progress. Finishes Not a single finish in the last week. But in my defense, my brother-in-law got married, and that cut into my sewing time. Ok… totally not an excuse, I just wanted to share that my husband’s brother got married. You can check out pictures and such in yesterday’s…
Read MoreThat Quilt is Worth What?!
Recently there have been several great posts around the blogosphere about the worth of quilts, most notably the No Value Does Not Equal Free post by Molli Sparkles and his follow up post Placing a Value on Your Quilts which appeared on SewMamaSew. Now we all know that handmade quilts have sentimental value. To me,…
Read MoreLocal Quilt Store – Quilts N’ Bloom
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…
Read MoreFinished Labyrinth Quilt
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…
Read MoreBirdy Quilt Design
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.…
Read MoreWorks in Progress
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…
Read MoreRomance as a Quilt
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…
Read MoreDesigning a Quilt
I picked up some amazing fabrics last weekend, knowing that I wanted to make a quilt with them, but having no idea what I wanted that quilt to look like. Why do I do this to myself? Because I had a gift card for the store and everything was 15% off, that’s why. The fabric…
Read MoreHis and Hers Quilt
I’ve had this idea for a while now about taking fabric from Amy Butler’s fabric lines and pairing it with fabric from Parson Gray’s lines. Why? Because they are married and I thought it would be interesting to see how this couple’s very different lines played together. I started with a trip to my local…
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