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
Category: Sewing
General sewing
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
MEG Mystery Part 2
This block is similar to the first block I made. It finishes at the same size as well. I cut more 3½ inches by width of fabric (WOF) strips: 2 of the background and 2 of the fabric print with the most contrast to the background. I also used the remainders of the strips leftover… Continue reading MEG Mystery Part 2
A Rainbow Garden
I realized that I never shared my finished Rainbow Garden wool felt on flannel quilt on my old website or on social media. Fortunately, my quilter (Marty Galbreath of HowYouSee Quilting) took some photos when she custom-quilted it. This quilt was such a joy to create, and it sparked my love of wool felt embroidery/quilting.… Continue reading A Rainbow Garden