The String blocks are up next. This is a photo of what two string blocks sliced on the diagonal and then re-sewn back together will look like. We need 30 of these units for the quilt which means we have to make 60 smaller string blocks that measure 8-1/2" square. After I had completed about… Continue reading Quiltville’s Roll Roll Cotton Boll – Part 3,The String Blocks and How I made these in a jiffy!
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Quiltville’s Roll Roll Cotton Boll Quilt – Part 2
The 1st clue is complete. I finished cutting up the 172 segments this morning. It didn't take long to get that one finished as I already had 120 complete. Aren't they purty? So now it's on to Clue 2. What I just need to do is finish cutting apart my paper templates. I have them… Continue reading Quiltville’s Roll Roll Cotton Boll Quilt – Part 2
Quiltville’s Roll Roll Cotton Boll Quilt – Part 1 My Version
Alright! Here we go! I know I've mentioned in a previous post that I had already dabbled in some of the clues to this mystery, so forgive me in advance if this post seems like a yawner. As a refresher, you can click over to Quiltville if you want to print out the clues and… Continue reading Quiltville’s Roll Roll Cotton Boll Quilt – Part 1 My Version
So if you start a mystery quilt do you have to finish?
YES! Though after getting the third clue of the mystery I was a little deflated in my enthusiasm. I'll explain... I decided to get in on the mystery quilt being published over at Quiltville.com. This is the same designer that did the Carolina Christmas Mystery from a year ago. I LOVE that quilt so with… Continue reading So if you start a mystery quilt do you have to finish?
California Trip Stash – #1 Quilting Cottons
Here is a photo of all the quilting cottons I picked up while in California. Usually when I shop for quilting fabrics I try to only look for fabrics that will fill a void in my palette of colors. In this case it is medium blues, black backgrounds and neutrals. I first look in the… Continue reading California Trip Stash – #1 Quilting Cottons
How a perfectly good idea to reduce some excess fabric turns into a project snowball! Or, how I create work for myself with a little inspiration.
It starts with a bag of muslin, leftovers from various projects over the years. Some dating back to the muslin I made for my sister's wedding dress in 1993. Odds and ends of various width and lengths. I can't hardly throw anything of what I perceive as true value away...so here we are... I pulled… Continue reading How a perfectly good idea to reduce some excess fabric turns into a project snowball! Or, how I create work for myself with a little inspiration.
Memorial Day Musings
Today is Memorial Day and the shorts are on hold until our charge returns from a camping trip. Over the weekend I decided to take advantage of a few sales and drive out to a cute little quilt shop called Quilt in Joy for their first ever clearance sale. I decided to pick up Red,… Continue reading Memorial Day Musings
Quilts of Valor Volunteer Day
Yesterday I decided to go to a QOV Sew-In. I'd never been to a Quilts of Valor activity so it was pretty exciting. I always love meeting new people that enjoy any kind of sewing activity...it's a good bonding experience. AND the ladies there were AMAZING! All of them just welcomed me in. I worked… Continue reading Quilts of Valor Volunteer Day
It’s Quilt Festival Time!
This festival has crept up on me like nobody's business. I can't believe it is already here! It doesn't seam like that long ago I was reporting from last year's festival. I know I've been a little bit out of it but I just found out that this is the last year this festival will… Continue reading It’s Quilt Festival Time!
Quiltville’s Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt Update
I am complete with 2/5ths of the hand quilting on this project. It turned out that I was actually making 'scallops' instead of 'babtist fans' with my quilting design. I guess a little experience would have taught me the difference on how to go about making the baptist fan design. Oh well. The scallops look… Continue reading Quiltville’s Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt Update
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