by Kathie | Dec 13, 2019 | Home, Work in Progress
The center is complete on Solitaire, and now I’m adding the borders. The next two borders are strips of fabric. You don’t want to simply sew the strips on and cut off the ends to match. No, no, no! You need to measure the left side, down the middle, and...
by Kathie | Dec 9, 2019 | Home, Work in Progress
The Card Tricks blocks and sashing are done. Now it’s time to put the rows together. I have 20 Card Tricks blocks, which I’ll be laying out 4 across by 5 down. There is sashing between the blocks, so there will also be sashing rows between the block...
by Kathie | Dec 3, 2019 | Home, Work in Progress
In my last blog post, in preparation for making the Card Tricks blocks, I sewed 84 Half Square Triangle blocks, 160 Combination blocks, and 20 Hourglass blocks with my Tucker Trimmer. Now, I’m using these to construct the Card Tricks blocks. ...
by Kathie | Nov 22, 2019 | Home, Work in Progress
My new project in the works is Solitaire – Deb Tucker’s version of the Card Tricks pattern. I’ll be teaching Solitaire at a quilting retreat at Divine’s Fabric Nook in Cranston, RI in February. First, I cut up all the pieces needed for...
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