My son gets super excited about Halloween early each year, as in mid-September, several weeks ahead of the holiday itself. As he decorated mid month, diligently rearranging all the house with our Halloween decor, I realized we had no Halloween quilt in the house and Mr. C. declared we needed a scary one. The project … Continue reading Halloween Jelly Roll Quilt 2017-09-27
I am excited that Yvonne Fuchs from Quilting Jetgirl is hosting another quilt-along called Wayward Transparency QAL I enjoy her patterns and she offers easy to follow tutorials and guidance along the way. Last year she hosted the Summer Snowflake Shimmer QAL which was a fun project resulting in a very generous sized quilt for our … Continue reading Wayward Transparency QAL
Slowly making progress on multiple projects, with encouragement from The Inquiring Quilter. If you recall, I noted on Wednesday Wait Loss 31 Feature that I had been the newbie highlighted in Jennifer Fulton's blog. What a delightful surprise and a nudge to my keeping myself accountable on my projects! With that in mind, here's a … Continue reading WIP Wednesday 2017-09-14
Woot, Jennifer Fulton from Wednesday Wait Loss gave me a wonderful and warm welcome in her weekly Wednesday Wait Loss feature. Fantastic group of contributors and I really enjoy her blog Check out her fun blog on the link above or post some of your own work to her linky. Her social tags are @inquiringquilter … Continue reading Wednesday Wait Loss 31 Feature
I love this block by Jennifer Fulton of the Inquiring Quilter. She named her block Christmas Memories and her tutorial can be found at Christmas Memories. While it took a bit more thought work to decide on fabrics for the ornaments, it was a great exercise in putting together a beautiful block to augment the … Continue reading I Wish You a Merry QAL Block 4, Christmas Memories
I recently completed a Summer Fun Swap on Instagram, where we were randomly assigned a secret partner to make a mini quilt for. This was my first swap and it was very fun! Initially, we posted Mosaics as to things, colors or images we like in order to help our partner make a perfect mini … Continue reading Instagram Summer Fun Swap
I've been quietly building a collection of blocks from the Milky Way Sampler QAL from Alyce at Blossom Heart Quilts. It is a very fun series of stars and I'm making two quilts (one for school auction and one for home). This block, called Betelgeuse, got interesting with its bulky seams. The paper piecing process … Continue reading Milky Way Sampler QAL Block 9
I am very excited about a fall quilt-along hosted by Cheryl Brickey at Meadow Mist Designs. This year's QAL is called Magnolia Mystery QAL. Last year I experienced my first mystery QAL with Cheryl's Meadow Mystery Quilt-along. She offers a great series of monthly instructions which are fun easy to follow. The first set of … Continue reading Magnolia Mystery Quilt-along
I've been enjoying a steady and slow pace on the Jolly Little Christmas QAL meaning I've completed two blocks. Smile. The QAL started months ago. Lots of other projects have gotten my attention and slowly I will update my blog to post on those! But the second block I completed for this QAL last weekend … Continue reading Have a Jolly Little Christmas QAL
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