Over the last few weeks, I’ve slowly worked on piecing the rail fence round of the deconstructed disappearing pinwheel quilt. Over the weekend, I pieced the right and top sides Of the rail fence section to the middle. And today I took a vacation day and worked some more on it. I finished piecing the… Continue reading Rail fence round
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
Pinwheels
It seems like just a moment ago I was writing about the first of July. And in the blink of an eye, here’s August. It’s a surreal time. I’ve made some progress on my Quilt of Valor quilt. The center pinwheels section is finished. I created a mock-up of the quilt in my EQ software… Continue reading Pinwheels
First of July Quilting
Yes, the Butterflies quilt is finished, and my dear friend Sallie is its new owner. I love the quilting on it, it’s such a happy, summertime quilt. I took off most of the week around the Independence Day holiday, and when my husband and I weren’t watching old favorite movies (Knight and Day, The Long… Continue reading First of July Quilting
Binding-palooza
Once I finally finished organizing most of my fabrics, I tackled binding the three quilts I have recently brought home from my long-arm quilter. Unless a quilt is just for a wall-hanging (and sometimes even then), I will make bias binding. I learned my lesson with straight grain binding, and trust me – if you… Continue reading Binding-palooza
My sewing space
Back in November/December of last year, I began reorganizing my sewing space. At first I thought I would lay four organizers on their sides, stack them two by two, and put them together to make one large organizer that I could also use to replace a cutting table that didn’t make great use of the… Continue reading My sewing space