I went back to the knitting and crochet class this past Wednesday night. I’d been attending a different class for the past couple of quarters, but we finished up our recent study, and I’ve been continuing to knit chemo caps, so I wanted to check in with everyone. One topic of discussion was progress on… Continue reading Twisted headband
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Another bloom
I’m really pleased with this bloom. I drew inspiration for the middle tier of pieces from an Instagram post. I completely changed (again) the fabric I was going to use for this area of the quilt. The center hexie is from the Eek print (Bluebird colorway) of 2017’s Tabby Road collection. Can you see the… Continue reading Another bloom
Pretty Little Pot
As usual, I couldn’t wait to start my pretty little pots quilt. Actually, I held off for a couple of days – showing a tiny bit of willpower, ha! I decided not to go super bright for the first pot. I also used the pot fabric in the center of the last Aunt Joe’s Afghan… Continue reading Pretty Little Pot
Afghan quilt block 5
I love this block. I had not used any really busy prints in other blocks until now, and I’ll definitely use more of these. I was afraid that it would be a bit too frenetic, but just the small slice of them is perfect, I think.
Forest Frivolity bloom
I dithered back and forth about this bloom, and settled for making each of the large petal hexagons unique with the Forest Frivolity print (silver colorway) from 2014’s Moon Shine collection. I decided to go with a repeating section of the Lazy Stripe print in the gunmetal colorway from 2015’s True Colors collection to set… Continue reading Forest Frivolity bloom