It’s a little over a year since I began piecing together my first of seven red hexie blocks for the Over the Rainbow quilt, and I’ve just finished the third block to the point before the borders. I counted up the remaining basted hexies, and realized that I needed six more. Seems I’m recounting a… Continue reading Red 3 of 7
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
I’m calling it done
After having to un-sew and re-sew one side of the border (yes, I had to take all of the blocks apart because I had sewn them together wrong), I finally finished Part 7 of Bonnie Hunter’s Unity mystery quilt from Spring 2020. I really think that it looks finished and I don’t believe that adding… Continue reading I’m calling it done
Count and re-count
Just when I thought I had all of my blocks ready to piece together, I counted, then re-counted, and then counted again. I was missing one block. So I gathered up all of my completed blocks to figure out which color was missing a member, and it turned out to be yellow. I dove back… Continue reading Count and re-count
Hearts quilt top finished
I have had the inner part of the quilt finished for a couple of weeks, and I’ve finally added the border. Now I have a new project to baste, quilt, and bind. I’m planning to quilt this one myself due to the size and nature of some of the blocks – there is applique, some… Continue reading Hearts quilt top finished
Replicator Racing finished
This weekend I finally feel like I’ve accomplished something. I started out by basting around the outside edge of the quilt, then began quilting the border, which was the last part that I needed to quilt. I finally decided on a slightly larger stippling than I had done in the blocks. After that, I trimmed… Continue reading Replicator Racing finished