When I showed off my Dream wallhanging quilt top to a couple of friends recently, they asked me if it was finished. I told them that the design didn’t have anything else, but we all agreed that it needed something more – something to finish it (and not just quilting and binding). So I came… Continue reading It needed something
Category: Sewing
General sewing
50 more blocks
I’ve shared the warm half city sampler blocks and quilt top previously, a collection of pinks, reds, corals, and oranges. Well, here’s the other half of the city sampler blocks that were done in cool colors – blues, purples, turquoises, and aquas. I finished them a couple of years ago. It’s time. I need to… Continue reading 50 more blocks
Prepping the next step
What should just be logical but I didn’t realize or start implementing until recently: If I have some pieces already cut and ready to sew, I can still make progress on piecing a quilt even if I only have a few minutes here or there. I still have those triangles in a square to finish… Continue reading Prepping the next step
Changing tables
Until today, whenever I wanted to do some quilting (or just sewing) with my Juki machine, I had to set it on top of a table. Often I lugged it out to my dining room table in order to have the room I needed to support a medium sized quilt. Well, no more! I acquired… Continue reading Changing tables
Triangles in half squares
There are a lot of units in this step (but not nearly as many as in the next couple of steps), so it looks like I’m doing the “easy” steps with fewest number of units first. I’m halfway through this step, and it looks like I’m going to have two extra pieces. It will probably… Continue reading Triangles in half squares