I finally made it back to where I had gotten the first time when I ended up ripping back and starting over. I am much happier knowing that the two halves of the back will be the same length in the short row sections. I’ve also tried it on to make sure everything feels right… Continue reading Re-knit and moving forward
Author: Melissa
Slow unit piecing
I’m slowly whittling the pieces stacks into unit stacks, but it’s taking what seems like a really long time. And what’s ironic about this is that I’ll need to take several units and pieces in those stacks and put them together into larger units before I can piece each block together. I’ll definitely have something… Continue reading Slow unit piecing
Quilt top (no borders)
I put those blocks together into a quilt top, and now I just need to add the borders. There is supposed to be a white inner border that matches the white from the blocks. I need to check to see if I have enough of that fabric to make that in this quilt – I’ve… Continue reading Quilt top (no borders)
Charm pack quilt blocks
I pulled out another project that I had cut out last year but never got around to making at the time, so I had put it back away. This is from the book 3 Times the Charm, Book 2 from Me and My Sisters Design. It’s the cover quilt for that book. The quilt is… Continue reading Charm pack quilt blocks
Failure to read directions
Does that ever happen to you? It seems to happen to me a lot more frequently than I would like or think it would. But even when I think I’m reading the directions fairly thoroughly, I often miss important steps. Years ago, I might have just cried and thrown out the project. More recently, I… Continue reading Failure to read directions