Boy has this summer been a whirlwind for me. I’ve been busy on a project recently (which I’m hoping to share more detail on before the end of the month) and it’s absorbed a lot of my energy. Along with that I got a promotion at work and that’s zapped a bit of my focus…
Author: childlikefascination
String Showcase Block Tutorial & New Quilt Block Hop
Welcome to day 4 of the New Quilt Block Hop sponsored by Fabri-Quilt! I can’t even believe how many amazing blocks everyone has showcased this week. Fabri-quilt generously donated fabric for myself and all the other bloggers today posting new blocks as part of the hop. We had 6 fat eighths of this fun watermelon…
Sailboat Quilt Block Tutorial (Part 2: The Mast & Hull)
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…
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…
Cottage Wall Hanging in Planning
At the end of May my mother texted me about commissioning a wall hanging for the cottage my mother and aunt inherited when my grandmother passed away last fall. It’s the cottage I recently posted about on the coast of Connecticut. It’s right on the water on the coast of Connecticut but it’s not a…
A Little Weekend Away
I was lucky enough to sneak away for the weekend for a bit of R&R at my family’s cottage on the coast of Connecticut. It was unfortunately a bit of a gloomy weekend but once the rain broke Sunday morning I grabbed my camera for a little “get outside” adventure before I headed home. This…
Let’s Talk About Your About Page – Blog Tips
One thing I love is how personal my favorite quilt blogs are. They’re not just posts on the Internet, they’re posts by real people. I jumped on the bandwagon and added a little about me bio right at the top of my sidebar, now no matter what page a visitor lands on they’ll see that…