I pulled out a box of leftover blocks and unit pieces last month (yeah, October just disappeared like the snap of fingers!) and threw some of them up on the wall in no particular order. I’m going to do something with these, I’m just not sure what. When I was able to get into the… Continue reading Leftovers
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Sand Castles finished
And I love, love, love the scrappy binding with it. The quilting is superb, once again, by Margie Dill. She picked out the perfect design. I also love that she used a pink thread, which matches both front and back so well. Plus, I love, love, love the back. I had saved this special piece… Continue reading Sand Castles finished
Time to make binding
My Sand Castles quilt just came back from my quilter, and it’s so beautiful! When I picked it up, we were chatting about the quilt and binding, and she suggested a scrappy binding. I really think that would be perfect for this quilt (and several upcoming) because of their scrappy nature and lack of any… Continue reading Time to make binding
Sand Castles top pieced
I began webbing this quilt top together at the Piecemakers’ Sit n Sew last Friday, and I finished sewing the last seams and stay stitching around the outside of the quilt this week. I just love quilts like this which are what I call “planned scrappy” – it’s definitely made from mostly small scraps, but… Continue reading Sand Castles top pieced
Final piecing soon
I laid out the blocks on the floor and arranged and re-arranged them until I felt they were a good mix. The cats helped, of course, which caused me to have to re-arrange them multiple times. But I stacked my columns for webbing that should happen soon! I’ve been getting lots of practice with webbing… Continue reading Final piecing soon