Hi everyone! How are you all today? I’m finding myself a bit more on top of things this week. Maybe a little less frazzled. Could it be that I’ve gotten a healthy dose of quilting? So much so, that I’ve finished hand quilting my dolly quilt. I love the black hatchwork quilting. This may be my favorite quilt I’ve…
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Work in Progress Wednesday {Feeling Happy}
Quilt Photography: September link up
Joining, the party late on this one (the cool kids are fashionably late right? Or is it the harried can be annoyingly late?), but I’d like to share some pictures prompted by Plum and June‘s September Quilt Photography Workshop. (Sorry I missed it Beth!) Earlier this summer, I opened up my Bible and found some sewing templates tucked in there….
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Chain Sashing {Tutorial}
Maybe I’m late to the party, but I just discovered chain sashing. I don’t add sashings to quilt blocks often, but this technique could also be employed with strip piecing. It’s these little techniques that quicken my piecing pace. So I thought I’d share my findings with you all. Instead of cutting my sash pieces to the precise measurements (i.e….
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Lucky, a Selvage Medallion Quilt
After reading Liberated Medallion Quilts and Liberty Love (you know the book with the lovely Marcelle Medallion pattern), I couldn’t resist the challenge of creating my own medallion. I named it “Lucky” because of the nine four-leaf clover blocks throughout the quilt. Look, there’s one now, surrounded by hour glass blocks. After the hourglass border there are more clovers and…
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Purple Clamshells
Have I mentioned I love purple? As you can see, I do love purple. These purple clamshells cut outs are for the ongoing Green Tea & Sweet Beans quilt my mother and I are making. (She loves purple too.) Next step, applique. How do you feel about purple?
