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
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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
Block assembly
I finally pieced the last of the sashing strips to the string units this morning, and so now I can commence with the final block assembly and trimming. It feels like it is taking a long time, but it really isn’t, now that I can devote more time to quilt making each week. I’m starting… Continue reading Block assembly
An Easy Breezy kind of day
I finally got around to asking my husband to hold my Easy Breezy quilt up to take a photo on a sunny day. The trees behind our house make interesting shadows on the quilt and the backing.