Tag: Straits of Mackinac quilt

Finished, and a beautiful day of sunshine to finally take a photo! And now I can get ready to change out our bed quilt for Spring and Summer. The lovely back:

My first step was to choose a binding fabric, and I decided to get some new fabric instead of trying to find enough of an existing fabric (or making scrappy, which might have been nice, but I wasn’t in the right headspace to even consider at the time). I went shopping with my mom, and… Continue reading Straits of Mackinac binding

I worked on piecing together the rows of my Straits of Mackinac quilt, and I’m happy to finally say the interior is done. Now all I have to do is finish those borders and then piece them together with this section and she’ll be done. I’ll probably wait until after the holidays before taking her… Continue reading Straits interior pieced

I hate when I don’t read and then re-read/confirm directions before plowing ahead. It gets me into all sorts of trouble. I missed a crucial step when piecing this border together. The string pieced sections are about 2/3 of the length that they should be. That’s because I forgot to do some additional piecing and… Continue reading Borders – not quite

I’ve gotten approximately one-third of the interior of the Straits of Mackinac quilt pieced. Luke decided to pose for the photo. I started to piece a second third (two rows of blocks together with two rows of sashing), and got nearly to the end when I realized I had only actually sewed almost one tiny… Continue reading Interior one-third