This seventh week of the FWQAL, I am visiting my mother in St. Louis. We’ve been having our own quilt retreat amid the heat and humidity of the weather and toys and raucaus of the children. The two blocks slated for this week (blocks 13 and 14) were both fairly piecy while next week’s blocks are fairly simple. I decided I’d…
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Week 7, block 13 Buckwheat and block 15 Buzzard's Roost
Test Block for Kaleidoscope quilt
In considering whether to join the Kaleidoscope quilt along, I decided I’d better make a test block to see if I liked my fabric choices and the pattern. Below are the fabrics I choose to make my test block. I choose mostly darker values for my kaleidoscope pieces because I am not sure how the lighter values would look. For the…
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Wednesday Works in Progress
I have lots to share with you this week! First a finished product: An ipad cover for Memaw. My three year old daughter kept asking if I was going to give Memaw my ipad, haha. Plane Jane Ipad cover for Memaw I also finished two blocks for the Farmer’s Wife Quilt Along. Only 100 or so more to go. Hahaha! …
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FWQAL Week 5
Weeks 1-5 Together, a photo by bryanhousequilts on Flickr. After adding some purple into the bunch, I am feeling more confident about my color choices. I am loving the way these blocks are coming together. The two purple blocks on the left, 9: Box and 10: Bowtie, are new this week. My solids are from 1001 Peeps, Persian Purple. I…
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From teeny tiny to giant
Red Katie’s choice block, a photo by bryanhousequilts on Flickr. Aside from my teeny tiny Farmer’s Wife blocks, I am working on some larger blocks. Much larger. And it’s kind of nice. But going from teeny tiny to large means that I’ve got a skewed idea of “perfect points”. When I do my teeny tiny blocks, a slight miss with…
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