Back from my travels and family time, I had a few hours this weekend to do another catch up on blocks 4 and 5 of the Fall into a QAL. The QAL is hosted by Partners in Design: Where Friends and Fabric Meet. Block 5 is designed by Kathleen Musing. You can find her instruction … Continue reading Fall into QAL Catch Up {2018-07-17}
Life keeps us busy doesn't it! Between work, vacation, work travel and life, I am happy to catch 10 minutes a day on my machine these days! But I have caught up on my blocks, just before a trip to Moldova to sync up and connect with our engineers! I love them each of the … Continue reading Fall into QAL Catch Up {2018-06-22}
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Hurray time - there's a finish here! I've been sitting on this quilt for what seems like forever. 2017 isn't actually forever ago but Yvonne Fuchs sponsored this fabulous Wayward Transparency QAL. I jumped on in the fall. I completed the quilting over the holidays, and negotiated with myself whether to unpick the dark green … Continue reading Wayward Transparency QAL Finish {2018-05-30}
Wow, 5 months into 2018 and just getting to a post. While I have been busy with work and Instagram projects, clearly I will have to figure out the best way to balance my posts here. The same great hosts of the I Wish You a Merry QAL are sponsoring a Fall into a QAL. … Continue reading Fall into QAL
We are nearing the finish line with the I Wish You a Merry QAL with block #11 being a North Star designed by Kathleen McCormick of Kathleen McMusing. You can find her blog post with the block pattern right here. This block was a challenge, as using the triangle ruler is still foreign to me. … Continue reading I Wish You a Merry QAL Block 11, North Star {2017-11-29}
I am happy to have a finished flimsy on hand for the Splash of Color QAL. Mine is a baby quilt size or a very small lap size perfect for traveling in the car on a roadtrip! I found a perfect backing and hope to get to quilt sandwich in the next couple of weeks. … Continue reading Splash of Color Flimsy 2017-11-28
I started this quilt many moons ago. The binding showed up in a WIP Wednesday post in the fall. Imagine, only needing to bind it and here we are, months later. That is all because I decided that I like the look of hand binding more than machine binding. And of course, there are a … Continue reading Destination Quilt Finish 2017-11-26
It is check in time for the Splash of Color QAL. The pattern I chose is Cascading Stars by Afton Warrick. I am happily further along than I thought I would be after posting this update a couple of weeks ago. The colors are so bright against the charcoal to black background fabric. And, I … Continue reading Splash of Color QAL Check in {2017 11-14}
I started my last blog post I Wish You a Merry QAL Block 9, Reindeer Games {2017-10-26} with the statement "The blocks in the I Wish You a Merry QAL continue to shine!". Well, that is so true of this block too! It is a Christmas Lantern that lights up the rest of the blocks. This … Continue reading I Wish You a Merry QAL Block 10, Christmas Lantern {2017-11-13}
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