Another step is complete for all of the remaining blocks. This project should be a really fun one, because I love all of the fabrics and colors. But I think because of the odd sizes and bias edges everywhere, working on these is such a slog. The sooner I complete this quilt top, the better.… Continue reading Mirrored sets of HSTs
Category: Sewing
General sewing
On-bias sets ready
I finally finished cutting and pressing my on-bias half square triangle sets for all of the remaining 22 full and 4 half blocks of my Peaks and Valleys quilt. I just did a few here and a few there, and on Friday morning, before getting together with my friend Sallie for brunch, this step was… Continue reading On-bias sets ready
Sitting and sewing
Thursday night I got together with a couple of other quilters and we had a nice time sitting and sewing. This time I brought my sewing machine and worked on my Turnabout Granny Square quilt. I honestly didn’t expect to get as much accomplished as I did, but it was a great night for sewing.… Continue reading Sitting and sewing
Omigosh! quilt
I couldn’t help myself. Once I get an idea in my head, I have to try it, just to see how difficult and time-consuming it is or will be. It isn’t really all that difficult, if you just cut and sew accurately. The first time I put together the lime green block, I used big,… Continue reading Omigosh! quilt
Bright starburst
I picked up this brighter, chunkier plaid (check?) and had a time picking fabrics to go with it. I started with the aqua print with orange flowers, which is probably the reason I had such a time finding additional coordinating fabrics. Once again, I wanted to find something that would go with all of the… Continue reading Bright starburst