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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From teeny tiny to giant
FWQAL Weeks 2, 3, 4 – Expanding the color palette
Catching up on my blocks to week four… My original plan was to do blocks in a rainbow of colors and then arrange the blocks in a color pattern. As such I planned to do a color a week. Weeks 1 and 2 were greens and blue and Weeks 3 and 4 were pinks and reds. (Purples are next!) While…
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Farmer’s Wife!
Where to start? Well, one thing I knew was that I needed to finish some projects before I started any other projects. But I had been seeing these great Farmer’s Wife blocks around the Blogs and finally decided to join in the Farmer’s Wife Quilt Along. Really, it was my mother’s fault. She and I are both joining in the…
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Work in Progress Wednesday
A couple of weeks ago, I finally finished Cora’s quilt for her bed. It will be a twin sized quilt and now I have to quilt it. While I am looking forward to finishing it, it will be quite an undertaking to quilt. So, in the meantime to distract me from my quilting chore, I have some Amy Butler fabrics…
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Almost done…
I’m almost finished with Cora’s quilt top for her bed. Here’s a preview of the border. It will have a white border, then a turqoise, then another white. It will be bound with the same turqoise fabric. Almost done sweetie!
