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
Tag: English Paper Piecing
Forest Frivolity bloom
I dithered back and forth about this bloom, and settled for making each of the large petal hexagons unique with the Forest Frivolity print (silver colorway) from 2014’s Moon Shine collection. I decided to go with a repeating section of the Lazy Stripe print in the gunmetal colorway from 2015’s True Colors collection to set… Continue reading Forest Frivolity bloom
Binding, finally
It’s a good thing I had the day off yesterday. I needed nearly the entire day to bind and then recover from binding my Over the Rainbow quilt. This quilt is possibly the largest one I’ve made, and it’s definitely the heaviest, so extra support was necessary. I brought in one of the tray tables… Continue reading Binding, finally
Sneak peek
I began trimming my other quilt, and I just had to share the quilting that my friend Margie did. It is so lovely. And I think the rainbow variegated thread sets it off perfectly! I’m hoping to spend some time on Friday making and attaching binding. I decided that I’m going to use the same… Continue reading Sneak peek
A tiger among the flowers
I finished stitching my next Tula’s Bloomers unit at the Sit and Sew on Saturday. If I have calculated correctly and have all of my groups of units ready to go, there are only 2 more full ones to piece now. Fussy cutting can be such fun – especially when fabric prints are made with… Continue reading A tiger among the flowers