After many years of quilting, and now a few years of working on charity quilts with a church ministry, I’ve finally found the method of joining binding that works for me. This method may not work for everyone, but it gives me consistent results every time. When I begin attaching the binding to the back… Continue reading Joining binding
Aunt Joe block
I recently finished a dress that a friend from church gave me. She had sewn most of it together, and I just had to cut, piece, and sew the neck/back facing on and hem it. There were a few small pieces of leftover seafoam green print fabric, which I thought would look nice in Aunt… Continue reading Aunt Joe block
A reason for quilt mojo
After several years of needing a new mattress, we finally got one last week. In the process, we decided to go from a queen size to a king bed. I only have one quilt that “fits” our new king bed (and it’s getting cooler, so it’s definitely the right time to pull it out and… Continue reading A reason for quilt mojo
Pieced quilt top
Crumble Weave is a “flimsy,” and as soon as I tried to take a photo, Luke tried to claim it as his own. Sooooo, it’s another one added to the top-finished-needs-to-be-quilted pile!
Four colors in
I have been focusing so much on other projects that I’ve only just completed the fourth color on my Trifle Wrap. I’m not sure if you can even see that I’ve just added the first row of the fifth color, an emerald green. I’ve been working on socks and sweaters, mostly, but occasionally I pull… Continue reading Four colors in