Burano Houses on the Canal
Choose a photo and learn how to draw FPP quilt blocks. I watched the EQ online course and created my first block!
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Foundation paper piecing is like meditation to me. The repetitive steps, especially when making many of the same block, put me in a Zen state. Some of us are intimidated; yet, after the first project, you will be comfortable with it. Take a look at this video to see how I paper-piece blocks. You can also check out how I pieced the Sun Block.
Nowadays, the only ‘tool’ I use is an ...
read moreWell, that was fast! After I wrote a few hours ago that I was trying to figure out how to get a photo of the Exploding Heart quilt I’d recently made, it hit me that someone at my local quilt shop might be able to help! Sure enough, one of the taller women who works […]
read moreAfter a rather long hiatus, I’m back to working on my Exploding Star quilt.
read moreI’ve been AWOL for a time as I worked on an online class. I have a terrible time deciding how I want to do the quilting on my quilts, so I’ve just finished a design class that may help me overcome that. It was a class from Lisa Calle, from whom I’ve had other classes in […]
read moreAnother month done and dusted. I didn’t post an April OMG update, but I did finish K’s top. It’s a group challenge with the reveal at the end of May, so no pictures.
My May goal will include finishing K’s quilt, but I also want to finish the beach runner.
I’m about 20% through the quilting. I haven’t free motion quilted in a long time. The runner gives me some practice before I start quilting on K’s quilt. I’d hate to make a mess of the quilting on her project, although I ...
read moreI’m once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. I’ve finished the top, which is called Exploding Heart, and I’m planning to sandwich the backing, batting, and top when I can have uninterrupted use of our one and only table, which […]
read moreI saw a little kit at the quilt shop the other day, and it made me giggle. I just had to have it! I did add one extra fabric to it, since I used the included binding fabric for corded piping and so needed something else for the binding. This took just a few hours […]
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