What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

Finally finished the binding, washed and dried – and on the table. On the table Country Charmer is coming along great and I decided how I was quilting the stars. I had several people ask how do you sew a curve like the Drunkard’s Path with no pins in it – I learned how when […]

And round and round we go, working on one and then the next and the next – one day all will be done! Lucy – 2 and half sides done More blocks added to the wall of the Drunkard’s Path How do you sew your Drunkard’s Path blocks – do you pin it to death […]

Yes more quilting was done and a couple more Drunkard’s Path blocks too.  One and a half sides of the binding too – finished a book in the morning and then got busy on the sewing. I still have Love Letter blocks on the wall but had room to start sticking DP’s on the wall […]

Finally I got around to making and putting the binding on Lucy – I really don’t know when or how long the hand stitching part will be as I am working on the applique too and really want to get it finished – but it is a lost cause to finish it this month more […]

Lucy is off the frame and a new quilt is on it!  First here is Lucy before binding, washing and drying Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is just right for the dining room table – turned either way length or width.   It will shrink down a little bit after it hits the washer and […]

I had forgotten that AccuQuilt no longer sold the Drunkard’s Path die in the 6 inch finished block.  When I got it they had it sold in the Qube and then for a short time later it was a limited edition on sale until they ran out of them I think – later on they […]

Pressing fabric, grocery shopping, wandering outside, and repeat – I did get a lot of the batiks pressed yesterday but there is still a lot of them to do. I have about 20 more fat quarter or smaller pieces to cut and couple larger pieces hanging on the chair and some neutrals I found later […]

What can I say – I get bored with one sewing machine project going on for half the month when I am caught up on the RSC quilts and The Rose Garden is a tiring block to make one after another.  Last year I bought a fat quarter bundle of batiks to go with another […]

And yes the mistake on yesterday’s block is fixed – I can’t believe how much trouble I had with that one, I must have really not been paying attention.  But I got it fixed first thing in the morning – I thought I’d watch Prince Phillip’s funeral just because and took the block with me […]

Sitting for a while got the black ring of Love Letters done – now on to the blue ring.  Yes you can’t tell from the photo and it looks uneven – it is laying over the curve of the back of the couch and the small blue flower is blue although on my screen it […]

We were out for sometime yesterday – all afternoon so I just didn’t get much done.  I laid out the Rose Garden block so it is ready to sew today – so that is a little progress.  It really is weird how you can lay a block out come back to it later in the […]

Well the table has been cleared off for several days and I took a good break from the sewing machine but it is time to get back to The Rose Garden blocks – only took about 2 weeks away from it and found I needed to review the pattern instructions again LOL – it wasn’t […]

Well I did take the blue ring off and cut a new one for the blue Love Letters block – and I am much happier with it – sometimes if something is bugging you enough you just have to deal with it before you go further – it isn’t about perfection – it is about […]

Another lazy day as it pertains to sewing – I was outside a bit and got the grass cut while Mike continues to build the garden fence  – but I did get a little done in the sewing room – but not much.  I wouldn’t say I am in a slump I’m just not pushing […]

Yesterday I intended to get busy on my applique for Love Letters and all I did was reposition a few pieces and pick out thread – I got all my threads in the tea cup and ready for stitching – maybe today? A little progress on the hand quilting of Lucy in the Sky with […]

This block is just about ready for stitching to start – I have a few tweaks to do including drawing on a turn under line for the center circles so that it will be even – it is a little uneven no matter how I tried for perfect LOL   – the blocks are 32 inches […]

Today I will bring the applique to the dining room table so I can work with my rulers to get the pieces in the corner correctly place and begin to glue baste – first I have four stems to make – I just ran out of steam for it yesterday and didn’t finish that part. […]

Yesterday I spent time beginning to prep the 4th Love Letter block – I decided blue will be the middle block of the quilt which is a wreath instead of an urn – all the rest have an urn.  First up was pressing the background piece in half and half again to get my markings […]

Finally Morning Glory is up on the wall and finished – I ended up washing it a second time as I had a crease running down the middle from when it was folded while I was working on the hanging sleeve – I was surprised it had set in so quickly but it came out […]

Morning Glory has been in the washer and dryer and has all that wonderful crinkliness to it – I am stitching the hanging sleeve to the top back right now and as soon as I am done it will be on the wall.  I folded in half and laid it on the quilting frame for […]