I’m back with part 2 of the 12″ finished (12 1/2″ unfinished) sailboat quilt block tutorial. This fun nautical themed block is perfect for the cottage commissioned quilt I’ve been planning and working on. Next week I have a fun post planned to explore different layouts for this quilt block in a couple nautical themed…
Month: July 2015
Using Sandpaper to Mark Half Square Triangles
In a recent tutorial you might have seen that I had a red sandpaper in the photos when I was marking my half square triangles (HST) or other bias line marking. In May I went to the Original Sewing Expo and one of the classes I took listed sandpaper as a material we needed to bring.…
Sailboat Quilt Block Tutorial (Part 1: The Sail)
The other week I posted about the sailboat wall hanging I had been designing for my family’s cottage. After visiting a few design idea I ended up creating a fun 12″ finished (12 1/2″ unfinished) quilt blocks. Here’s part one on how to make this quilt block for yourself! I’ll be posting in the coming week with part…
Paddle Adventure on the 5th of July
Is has been nice to actually take some time to relax recently. I finished my big project (30 pillows, 9 cushions in a 7 day deadline) and will have photos to share on that in the next week or two but I wanted to share another non-quilting or crafting related post so please take a seat…
Patriotic Pallet Bench Cushions & Pillows
A friend asked me to make some cushions & pillows for some pallet benches at a fair. I picked up outdoor cushions from Ocean State Job lot then measured and sewed simple boxed corner slipcovers using brown Duct Canvas and used 20″ pillow forms to make some stars and stripes pillows as accents. Using the…