After seeing the first block laid out, I decided this would be the perfect quilt for my bed if it were just a tad larger. I love the colors I chose, and the layout looks super pretty with the sashing creating a secondary block. Of course, I don’t have enough put together yet to show… Continue reading Old Town Extras
Author: Melissa
Some more gemstones
By the end of 2024, I had 5 “rows” complete on this shawl. It’s hard to take a photo of it when a row is in progress, so I had to wait until the row was complete. I’ve just started on the next row, and I continue to just choose colors as I go –… Continue reading Some more gemstones
Clue 8 complete
Once again for this clue, I pulled out my strip box that had neutrals and chocolates, found strips that were wide enough to cut all of the pieces needed to make the flying geese sets. I also added some other chocolates from another fat quarter box, so we are going to have lots of variety… Continue reading Clue 8 complete
Bright bloom
As promised from the State of Quilting post, here is my newest bloom block. The center diamonds are fussy cut from Tula Pink’s 2012 Salt Water collection (Bubble Shells in the seaweed colorway), and the large hexagons are from her 2018 All Stars collection (Tail Feathers in the iris colorway). Just two more blocks to… Continue reading Bright bloom
Clue 7 complete
I made one set first to see how this clue was going to look. Once you make some smaller geese units, you add them to the hourglass units from Clue 3, I think it was. I knew this one wouldn’t be a super fast clue, but then I went and had a little mishap in… Continue reading Clue 7 complete