I had a minor (planned, but still…) setback at working on the quilt (and pretty much everything else) for several days while I was recovering from a tooth extraction. Yes, ow! is putting it mildly. But today I finally felt like I could work on it a little again, and I put the inner border… Continue reading Inner border added
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
Center nearly complete
The top one-third of the quilt is sewn together, and the bottom two-thirds are also sewn together. Now I have to sew them to each other, then work on the borders.
Sashing sets
I’ve finally finished piecing each of my blocks for the Old Town quilt, and now I’ve decided that, yes, I will be making controlled scrappy (i.e., sets) of sashing pieces. Of course, because I’m doing them this way, I’ll have to decide where they’ll go before I piece them together. I’ve almost completed sewing their… Continue reading Sashing sets
A sewing bloom
I finished piecing my next-to-last bloom for my Tula’s Bloomers quilt the other day when I felt the urge to do some hand sewing again. This one uses fabrics that are all from the 2020 Homemade collection. I especially love the sewing machines (Pedal to the Metal), which was the feature fabric from that collection.… Continue reading A sewing bloom
Snow days Sew days
I’ve been slowly working on the Old Town mystery quilt since the reveal, and I’ve made good (if seemingly slow) progress. The above photo is all of my sets of corner units for the blocks. I decided to go ahead and make them all, then proceed to the next part, and then put all of… Continue reading Snow days Sew days