Amy of Amy's Creative Side is holding the Fabulous Blogger's Quilt Festival this week!! Modern Dresden by SewPsyched! Pattern is copyright protected. I am entering Modern Dresden, my Quilt Con 2016 entry, into the Modern Quilts category. How do you think it will do??? She was washed at least 3 times before she went to Quilt Con, and I love her wrinkly texture. I've
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Ann Hammel of On Point is set to save you from yet another year of Christmas tree skirt doldrums with this jolly project. First she creates red, green, and white hexagons, then sews them together to make a larger hexagon shape that will make any room feel cozy.
Click to get the know-how.
Make a Hexie Christmas Tree Skirt, by Ann
{Image credit: On Point}
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read moreA couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to attend a class with Juliet van der Heijden, who you might know as the Tartan Kiwi. This is what I made - a 20" zebra mini quilt.
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| that's Juliet's on the left - the class sample. |
My slow stitching this lovely Sunday was intended to be the ‘W” of the Let It Snow Mystery QAL over at Buttermilk Basin.
However, I was working on my Oh Christmas Tree QAL that I haven’t touched for a few weeks and decided I needed to get further along in that project. Yesterday I stitched most of the ornaments and birds to the background. This was done by machine stitching and went more quickly than I expected. A few fell off (they were stapled) while I was handling the piece so they will be hand-stitched in place.
I decided ...
read moreMy slow stitching this lovely Sunday was intended to be the ‘W” of the Let It Snow Mystery QAL over at Buttermilk Basin.
However, I was working on my Oh Christmas Tree QAL that I haven’t touched for a few weeks and decided I needed to get further along in that project. Yesterday I stitched most of the ornaments and birds to the background. This was done by machine stitching and went more quickly than I expected. A few fell off (they were stapled) while I was handling the piece so they will be hand-stitched in place.
I decided ...
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There are not many virtual quilts in this or any of the other Stained Glass project files.
I am going to show one from each over the next few days, in the hope that I will empty all the files of unseen designs … then I will allow myself to start a new project file, with the updated blocks, which are ready and waiting.
I will not start the new file until these are empty. I will not start the new file until these are empty … I must be strong.
At least new virtual projects won’t take up ...
read moreWhat a great week this is shaping up to be, because we’re starting it off with the next Making Merry pattern! Poinsettia is a sweet flower-esque block using four different prints to highlight the different shapes formed by the half-square triangles.
This time, Poinsettia includes instructions for setting your block on point. The finished block sizes are the same as always – 6″, 12″, 18″, 24″ and 36″, but setting it on point adds some more size to that, making a great table topper for example. Talking of which, want to know a fun fact about the finishing instructions for ...
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Early this month I finished the king size quilt that I had started for our youngest son and his wife. You can read about it here and here. They recently bought a house and, because they have the space, they replaced their bedroom suite. That meant the queen quilt that I gave them right after their wedding is not big enough.
Phew - the star round is done for my Gwennie Inspired Quilt Along.
What took the longest was cutting out the flowers, and then deciding where to put each of them. Now I can get on to the next and final round - the fishy one. Now I just have 7 days to come up/work on it -lol.
In the de-stashing report - used only .30 yd on three blocks - one a practice block and two Splendid Sampler
Phew - the star round is done for my Gwennie Inspired Quilt Along.
What took the longest was cutting out the flowers, and then deciding where to put each of them. Now I can get on to the next and final round - the fishy one. Now I just have 7 days to come up/work on it -lol.
In the de-stashing report - used only .30 yd on three blocks - one a practice block and two Splendid Sampler
On Saturday Heidi and Nate moved to their first ever new home.
This is what our garage looked like shortly after they had started to move things out.
The guys are loading one of the 4 large very heavy cabinets I gave them. Heidi is watching from the sidelines.
Sometimes I have a great bright idea! When I got all my new outdoor cushions I thought maybe the old ones would be something they could use to cushion things as they loaded the truck. You can see the blue printed cushions separating the furniture. They worked perfectly and if I ...
