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
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Quilting and quilting-related projects
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
MEG Mystery part 8
Again, I made two identical blocks. I’m making a light background and a dark background quilt, so I ended up with four of this block, 2 light and 2 dark. Pieces needed for a single block 11 (double for making 2): Make 6 half square triangles, 4 using the background fabric with the dark, and… Continue reading MEG Mystery part 8
Almost finished!
I picked up the Broken Star Log Cabin quilt from my quilter last week. The quilting is a perfect match. I pulled out the fabric I planned to use for binding over the weekend and got to work putting the finishing touch on it. I think the binding fabric color and pattern are also a… Continue reading Almost finished!