My Chocolate brown project for Judy’s Monochromatic Challenge is turning out to be lots of fun, and the blocks are going together very quickly — almost as fast as I could eat real chocolate! And that’s really fast! Nigel the quilting dog is helping to plan the layout. He likes the “design floor” much better [...]
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Chocolate brown progress
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Nigel the quilting dog, tagged Chocolate brown quilt, Design Wall Monday, Monochromatic Challenge, Quilting, rail fence quilt, Sewing on March 14, 2011 | 10 Comments »
A Chocolate Quilt (Design Wall)
Posted in Design Wall Monday, tagged brown quilt, Design Wall Monday, Monochromatic Challenge, Quilting, rail fence quilt, Sewing on March 7, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Brown is the colour for March in Judy’s monthly Monochromatic Challenge. It’s difficult for me to think in shades of brown at this time of year. When March arrives, I start thinking in pastels and Easter egg colours. Maybe I could think of this project as the Easter chocolate?! Hmmm, chocolate bunnies and chocolate Easter [...]
Free Motion “Freeze Frame” (Stash Report)
Posted in Stash Reports 2011, tagged free motion quilting, Judy Laquidara, meandering quilting pattern, Quilt for an Hour, Quilting, Sewing, stash busting, stash report on March 6, 2011 | 20 Comments »
I just finished quilting the “Freeze Frame” quilt that some of us made with Judy Laquidara as part of her “Quilt for an Hour” project in 2009. I practised and practised my free motion meandering on my domestic sewing machine until it looked right to me, and then I just jumped in and did it. [...]
Violet Doll Quilt (Stash Report)
Posted in Doll Quilts, Stash Reports 2011, tagged Civil War doll quilt, Doll quilts, Judy Laquidara, Kathleen Tracy, mini quilts, Monochromatic Challenge, purple fabric, Quilting, Sewing, stash report on February 6, 2011 | 15 Comments »
Here is my project for Judy’s February Monochromatic Challenge — a Violet doll quilt, and it’s already finished! I’ve just fallen in love with doll quilts! They are so sweet and quick to make. I pieced the top on Friday, did the quilting on Saturday afternoon, and hand-sewed the binding down while watching TV on [...]
“Too Good to Cut” challenge: And the winner is…
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on January 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Amy, of Amy’s Passions blogsite! You can see her beautiful finished quilt here, along with a step-by-step account of how she did the challenge, and a lovely story about the quilt’s ultimate destination as a retirement gift for her friend. Well done, Amy! You will receive the top prize of a £15 gift certificate. [...]
Next up on the Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, tagged Design Wall Monday, half square triangles, pieced borders, Quilting, Sewing, UFO quilt on December 27, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Now that my Christmas presents are finished, I’ve started working on a UFO project for my husband that’s been in the works for several years. I drew these paper-pieced blocks on my computer when I was learning to use Powerpoint many years ago. It’s my own design, and I called it “Strip Stripe.” If I [...]
“Too Good to Cut” Challenge Wrap-up
Posted in Quilting, tagged "Too Good to Cut" Challenge, Quilting, Sewing on December 27, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s time to wrap-up our “Too Good to Cut” Challenge. Has everyone finished their quilts? Please don’t feel guilty if you haven’t because I haven’t finished my quilt, either. If you followed the original guidelines posted last January and would like to be entered in the prize draw on January 1, 2011, please leave a [...]
A Little Christmas Project (Design Wall)
Posted in Design Wall Monday, tagged Christmas quilt, Design Wall Monday, preprinted panels in quilts, Quilting, Sewing, snowball blocks on November 8, 2010 | 15 Comments »
This project started out as a panel of pre-printed Christmas designs that were meant to be cut out and made into tree ornaments. I wanted to make a quilt with them, so I framed each square with muslin strips and and then added corners to make the blocks into snowballs. Then I sewed all the [...]
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