I was already two rounds into the blue versions of this block when I started working on them in earnest. So I went ahead and added the remaining two rounds, which took pretty much an entire day to complete – 16 beauties. Now to make 112 neutral and blue combined blocks, which are already partly… Continue reading Blue blocks
Author: Melissa
New blanket row
I pulled out my ever-in-progress sock scraps blanket, and added a few more granny squares over the past week. I finally made it to the end of the row, wove in all those ends, and started the next row! 15 squares wide by 13 squares long so far (just starting row 14). It feels like… Continue reading New blanket row
16 neutral blocks
For the broken star log cabin design to work, you have to make some blocks that are a single color all the way around – they aren’t half-light and half-dark. There are 32 (I think) in my broken star mockup/design – 16 using the neutrals and 16 using the blues. So I worked on making… Continue reading 16 neutral blocks
Chilhowie fabric pull
I was thinking about not participating in this year’s mystery, with all the other things I have going on. And when I saw the original colors, which are a bit brighter, I was even more convinced that I wasn’t going to do this year’s mystery. I just wasn’t into the brighter turquoise, orange, and purples.… Continue reading Chilhowie fabric pull
Slow cut strips
I made my brother a quilt a long, long time ago, almost 20 years ago now (wow!). I hand-quilted it (when I was hand-quilting most of my quilts), so it took a while to make, start-to-finish. I drafted out the ship blocks after watching an episode of Quilting from the Heartland with Sharlene Jorgenson. But… Continue reading Slow cut strips