It looks like I’ve decided this is an imperative project for the retreat I’m going to be attending soon. I’m obsessed with cutting enough strip sets to make the entire quilt, not just get it started, which is super-ambitious. I think I have all of the light sets cut and clipped, and have been working… Continue reading More strip sets
Scrapping it up
Here is a recent shot of my design wall before I had to take down the blocks to make room for other things. Left to right, there’s a sliver of Tula’s Bloomers behind a flannel-backed tablecloth that I had to hang so I could keep it on the design wall in iplace, but still have… Continue reading Scrapping it up
Another shawl start
This is the local indie dyer’s beautiful hand-dyed yarn I purchased on Local Yarn Store day at my local yarn shop. I think it’s just gorgeous, and the color is hard to capture in photos. I started the Storm shawl by Joji Locatelli. It is a one-skein design, and I think it will maximize the… Continue reading Another shawl start
No more mysteries
Especially this one. Everything about working on this mystery quilt has gone wrong. For every clue, I cut pieces wrong. Or sewed them wrong. Or had major difficulty in sewing them together. But mostly I cut them wrong. Every. Single. Clue. When I started doing that with Clue 3, even though I read it through… Continue reading No more mysteries
Abstract Pinwheel baby quilt
I tried to take my time to make sure the lines were straight (and they are, mostly), then I worked on the binding. I’m not as happy with the binding (my seam allowance was probably a bit on the large size), but it should keep everything together. Not sure when I’ll be giving this to… Continue reading Abstract Pinwheel baby quilt