I saw the block stitch pattern when searching for other lapghan patterns, and thought it was really unique. There are quite a few tutorials with instructions, and I used the Hearthside Crochet Blanket pattern. I used a dark gray Red Heart With Love yarn, color name “Pewter” or “Anthracite” which was slightly heavier/thicker than the… Continue reading Hearthside lapghan
Author: Melissa
Chilhowie Inspired
Leia, my little tortie cat, wanted to claim the quilt before it was even trimmed and bound. I was originally going to use the fabric I used for binding as another narrow border, but decided at the end that it would look better just as the binding, and I think it pulls the final quilt… Continue reading Chilhowie Inspired
Lady Tulip
I have been taking a short break from my mystery quilt to do a few different things. Life, in general, seems to have gotten busy, even though I’m not really doing much. I’ve gotten three quilts back from my quilter recently, so I’m working on trimming and binding them all. Here is the first of… Continue reading Lady Tulip
MEG Mystery Part 14
Building on everything done so far, this is a fairly easy part. Again, orientation of the units is crucial. Step one Place one of the panels created in Part 13 on top, the largest block in the upper left and smallest block toward the lower right. Place the first panel created in Part 11 on… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 14
MEG Mystery Part 13
Step one At this point, I was able to take all the units I made in Part 12, along with some additional background pieces, and make larger units. Step two I pieced each of the backgrounds to their corresponding block units: 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 5 and 6. Step three Next, I pieced… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 13