There was lots of snow and it was extremely cold. I had absolutely no ambition but did not want to be a total slug. I returned to the red/white/black strip blocks. The plan was to use them to make quarter circle blocks, and I wanted some piecing in the other half of each block. Not… Continue reading On a snowy Sunday afternoon…
Like many quilters, I have a pile of leftover binding strips that just never seem to get used up. Recently I gathered up what I had and actually sorted them by color. I decided to grab a handful of the black, red and white—because those colors always go together! Stitch, stitch, stitch, without much thought,… Continue reading Almost mindless stitching.
For some reason, I felt compelled to get this crib size quilt finished. I have it quilted and bound but I still have questions. I am very much a ‘more quilting is better’ person and this has very minimal quilting. I would like to think that this quilt has enough stitching to make someone happy.… Continue reading Is it really done? Probably not!
There has been very little hand work going on here lately and I’m missing it. It’s not because I don’t have projects. True confession–I found a couple of games and I’ve been addicted to my phone, playing them. I can see how kids get pulled in because it’s hard to back away from easy fun.… Continue reading Prepping ‘stuff’
Color! I need color! And I’m sooooo behind in my commitments! In my small art group, we are supposed to be working on spool quilts. I have an old needlepoint piece almost ready for the hanging bracket, but that’s not really what a spool quilt is. To start with, I like actual old wooden spools… Continue reading Playing with color
My first task when I returned to Cubes and Stars was to figure out a background color. I do have some big chunks of yardage in white, black and yellow. And actually a few more than I remembered with bold patterns, though I knew I wouldn’t be using those. I narrowed it to these two.… Continue reading I think it needs a border.
I went back to my inspiration blog for design ideas for these hexagons. Krista Moser did not disappoint and I’m pretty sure that this will be the basic layout for my simpler, smaller stripey hexagons. After I sewed my cubes together, I put them in a nice, regular arrangement on the design wall. My original… Continue reading Cubes and stars
There was only a little bit of play time available today so I chose the easiest fabric to work with–stripes! Not ordinary stripes, but a Sherrill Kahn print from many years ago. It was cutting edge and artsy when it first came out and I still love it today. After cutting all the diamonds I… Continue reading Let the fabric do the work
Dark Diamonds is ripped, realigned, stitched and pressed. It’s gotten all the love it’s gonna get. There are 2 spots that still bother me, but not enough to do any more ripping or rearranging. I’m not going to point them out to you, either, because it’s not gonna change! It’s better proportionally now, closer to… Continue reading Okay, it is what it is!
It’s all her fault!!!! Alison Schwabe is an artist whose work I greatly admire. I’ve been following her socials for a while and she has graciously commented on mine. She has always been correct in every suggestion she has made to me and her comment on my Dark Diamonds is no different. “FGS (1) don’t… Continue reading Yes, Alison, you are correct!
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