
Skyfall Block #21!
Skyfall Block #21! We're still working on 4-inch blocks, and this block is a rectangular block made square by some extra strips. Rules for the BOM: One block will be featured from Skyfall each month between newsletter editions. The block will only be available for...
Working on My Christmas Quilt
Working on my Christmas Quilt Just a quickie post - I've been working on The Quilted Goose's Christmas Joy Quiltalong. Here are the blocks from Month 2, some piecing and some paper piecing: And here are the blocks for Month 3, both paper pieced: ...
Can you say Bargello?
Can you say Bargello? I was asked by members of my guild to teach a Bargello class. I haven't made a Bargello quilt in years, so I had to brush up on the technique. Traditional Bargello quilts imitate bargello needlepoint embroidery in their design. Multiple strips...
Block #20 of the Skyfall Block of the Month
Block #20 of the Skyfall Block of the Month I can't believe we're up to Block #20 already! Yay! Rules for the BOM: One block will be featured from Skyfall each month between newsletter editions. The block will only be available for free during that one month. Once...
Row Robin UFO
Row Robin UFO Many years ago (I think it was 2002), I participated in a Row Robin at the Squanicook Colonial Quilt Guild. A Row Robin is similar to a Round Robin, where everyone is assigned into a group that will create parts of a quilt for each other. For this...
A Mystery UFO – Part 2
A Mystery UFO - Part 2 In an earlier post, I wrote how I found a batch of hourglass blocks with no specific plan in mind, not that I could tell anyway. I ended up making two table runners with two different layouts. These projects were small enough, I decided to...
Skyfall Block #19!
Skyfall Block #19! We've finished all the 3-inch blocks, and we're moving on to the 4-inch blocks in Skyfall. Rules for the BOM: One block will be featured from Skyfall each month between newsletter editions. The block will only be available for free during...
A Mystery UFO
A Mystery UFO I pulled out another UFO project bag from the closet, and this was what was inside: So, I have a pile of hourglass blocks, lots of extra fabric, and no pattern. I have no idea what I was planning for these fabrics, hence the mystery. But...
An Autumn Wallhanging
An Autumn Wallhanging One good thing about all this indoor time is that I get to work on UFOs. A number of years ago, maybe 6 or 7, I cleaned out my closet in the sewing room and did a major purge. I pulled out all my UFOs and donated the ones I didn't like anymore...
My Thread Mini-Project
My Thread Mini-Project I'm working on a UFO project, doing some embroidery and quilting on a fused applique wallhanging. I'm playing with lots of threads, and I notice that my spools are getting dusty. I love having my threads displayed by the sewing station,...