Quilting – Page 20

Blue blocks

I was already two rounds into the blue versions of this block when I started working on them in earnest. So I went ahead and added the remaining two rounds, which took pretty much an entire day to complete – 16 beauties. Now to make 112 neutral and blue combined blocks, which are already partly… Continue reading Blue blocks

16 neutral blocks

For the broken star log cabin design to work, you have to make some blocks that are a single color all the way around – they aren’t half-light and half-dark. There are 32 (I think) in my broken star mockup/design – 16 using the neutrals and 16 using the blues. So I worked on making… Continue reading 16 neutral blocks

Chilhowie fabric pull

I was thinking about not participating in this year’s mystery, with all the other things I have going on. And when I saw the original colors, which are a bit brighter, I was even more convinced that I wasn’t going to do this year’s mystery. I just wasn’t into the brighter turquoise, orange, and purples.… Continue reading Chilhowie fabric pull

Slow cut strips

I made my brother a quilt a long, long time ago, almost 20 years ago now (wow!). I hand-quilted it (when I was hand-quilting most of my quilts), so it took a while to make, start-to-finish. I drafted out the ship blocks after watching an episode of Quilting from the Heartland with Sharlene Jorgenson. But… Continue reading Slow cut strips

Month 8 Lady Tulip blocks

Above is block 22. I actually did all squares instead of the rectangle she has you do, but the result is close to the same as the model quilt. Block 23 went together pretty easily, and I only had to rip out and re-sew one section of one of the three blocks. That was when… Continue reading Month 8 Lady Tulip blocks