I mentioned in my penny patch post the other day that I had two Farmer’s Wife blocks in my quilt, well I added a 3rd and am so pleased with how it adds to the quilt’s layout. I think I might actually be ready to commit and get to sewing this top together. I used…
Category: Quilting
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Pricing, Value and Comparisons on Moda Pre-Cut Bundles
If you’re like me there’s something about a charm pack or layer cake in your favorite designer fabrics that has you lusting to get your hands on all those different coordinated prints to make something magnificent. Mind you, I could also have named this post “Buyers remorse when I thought it would be appropriate to…
Penny Patch in Progress
Tuesday night and last night I went home and did some sewing for the Penny Patch QAL. I think this quilt’s name is going to be Lil Miss Penny. I’m not terribly clever when naming things… I made some decisions last night too, I am only going to do 10×10 rows, this will yield 60×60…
Catching up to the Penny Patch Quilt Along
I’ll preface this with saying I’m just ecstatic to have come across this quilt along before it started and be in a position to actually participate in it! I’ve kept up so far and hope to keep it that way even with other projects happening simultaneously. Picking Fabric This is the first quilt in which I’ve done…
Quilt of Valor: Fabric acquired
Weekend before last between the crazy sales at Jo-Ann’s with 30% off most of the quilting cotton selection and my additional 30% off total purchase coupon I knew this was the time to carpe fabric for the quilt of valor quilt. Problem is with sales like that I need an adult when going into that store.…
Evening Star
The final star for my sampler! I picked this one from lemons quilt other sampler. I though it was just so lovely with how different it is compared to the other stars and that it could tie together all the fabrics so nicely. If this sampler was more traditional with more defined blocks I may…
Star of Mystery
This star proved to be a bit trickier than I had expected. There was some unsewing because my base inside square didn’t line up just right and I was also smart enough to read through ALL her instructions and didn’t trim the last edges of the setting triangles until the block was 100% complete. In…
Whirling Star
So here it is, my very first foundation paper pieced quilt block. It was much easier than I thought it was going to be and I did it with a regular ruler not an “add a quarter” ruler like most of the blogs recommend. I definitely see more paper piecing in my future so I’ll…
Two Color Star
This was a pretty quick star to put together, not my favorite but as you can tell by the name the premise is pretty simple compared to the other stars: just two colors. Again I found myself in HST trimming hell but it was only a couple blocks, I guess that’s the advantage when doing…
Another Star
This star was tricky and required a bit of faith in the author especially when it got the the 1/8 measurements. I’m not great at precise blocks and my 1/4 inch seam often seems to be anything but a 1/4″ but I pushed through and was just giddy with excitement when the block came out…