Alrighty then! I now have all of the blocks made for this quilt, and as I mentioned previously, I’m only making the dark background version. First thing’s first – I took out those 15 width-of-fabric by 3 1/2″ strips that I cut way back at the beginning. I cut off the selvedge edges, and pieced… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 10
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General sewing
Third lap quilt top
And I’ve finished the third lap quilt top from my light background version blocks. I still have two blocks left over, but I haven’t decided what to do with them yet (they’re matching blocks). They may go into entirely different sampler lap quilts.
Broken Star Log Cabin
I just realized that I gave my brother his quilt last weekend, but I hadn’t shared the completely finished quilt here. I used a feather stitch to stitch down the binding. And the backing was chosen just for him, with all kinds of elements of farm life in a great grayish-brown “guy” color. He’s over… Continue reading Broken Star Log Cabin
Slight change of plans
I’ve been making two sets of blocks for the mystery quilt, thinking that I’d be making two versions of that quilt, one with a light background, and one with a dark background. I still plan to make the one with the dark background. However, as this is no longer a mystery quilt for a specific… Continue reading Slight change of plans
MEG Mystery part 9
Two identical copies of two blocks for this part. The first block is a large bow-tie block. Pieces needed for a single block 12 (double for making 2): Snowball one corner of each of the two background squares. Arrange the units/squares like the photo below. Sew into a four-patch. Remember to make two! Pieces needed… Continue reading MEG Mystery part 9