On Saturday, October 31, Bonnie Hunter announced the colors for this year’s Quiltville mystery quilt. When I saw them I immediately thought, now these are my colors! CC said the same thing when I showed them to him. The one exception is the grays which Bonnie says will comprise a lot of this quilt. I… Continue reading Grassy Creek quilt fabrics
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
Budding new quilter
After some deliberation and chatting back and forth, my friend Amy Beth decided that she wanted to try to make a quilt as her next sewing project. That’s definitely in my wheelhouse! Of course, I have never tried to teach anyone how to quilt from start to finish, so I’m trying my best to do… Continue reading Budding new quilter
Unity Part 3
I finished piecing Unity Part 3 over the weekend (well, yesterday morning for the little solid border). I’m glad I decided to use different colors for the center squares, as I think they really liven up the quilt. It was pretty before (parts 1 and 2), but a little flat, to me. I logged on… Continue reading Unity Part 3
Mid-October vacation day
My original plans for today were altered, so I decided to go ahead and work on the pink half City Sampler quilt that I had pieced blocks for a couple of years ago. I had started piecing the sashing strips to the blocks a couple of months ago, and today I went ahead and finished… Continue reading Mid-October vacation day
Ready for quilting
It’s ready to go to my longarm quilter, and I’m really pleased with the colors and how it looks. I think our friend Dave will like it. I picked out the flannel backing fabric (far right in the photo) at a local quilt shop last weekend, and it’s perfect (if I do say so myself).