The final bloom? Last night I finally finished putting together what I think is the final bloom needed for my Tula’s Bloomers quilt. I need to take the layers off of the design wall to find out, because that is the bottom layer, but it is possible that (if my fingers and eyes will hold… Continue reading Blue-green bees
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A sewing bloom
I finished piecing my next-to-last bloom for my Tula’s Bloomers quilt the other day when I felt the urge to do some hand sewing again. This one uses fabrics that are all from the 2020 Homemade collection. I especially love the sewing machines (Pedal to the Metal), which was the feature fabric from that collection.… Continue reading A sewing bloom
Bright bloom
As promised from the State of Quilting post, here is my newest bloom block. The center diamonds are fussy cut from Tula Pink’s 2012 Salt Water collection (Bubble Shells in the seaweed colorway), and the large hexagons are from her 2018 All Stars collection (Tail Feathers in the iris colorway). Just two more blocks to… Continue reading Bright bloom
Little hedgehogs
I finally finished the last half-bloom in my Tula’s Bloomers quilt. I still have three more blooms to piece. This one I did over the course of several non-consecutive evenings. The little hedgehog (more formally known as Who’s Your Dandy) is from the Tiny Beasts fabric collection. I used the Glimmer colorway. The other fabrics… Continue reading Little hedgehogs
Another bloom
I’m really pleased with this bloom. I drew inspiration for the middle tier of pieces from an Instagram post. I completely changed (again) the fabric I was going to use for this area of the quilt. The center hexie is from the Eek print (Bluebird colorway) of 2017’s Tabby Road collection. Can you see the… Continue reading Another bloom