Inspired by two of Rita‘s quilts, along with the pinwheels we’ve been making for my year-long Your First (Modern) Quilt class, I’ve been on a half-square triangle tear. These will go…
Quilts & Quilting
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In the midst of visiting friends and giggling like a little girl, I met some new folks who made me feel so excited and positive and inspired and ready to come…
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Along with my Your First (Modern) Quilt class here in Atlanta, I’ve been working on a log cabin quilt top that I’m pretty excited about. Our first block out of the…
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At last! This quilt for our boy is finally finished: I stayed up laaaate one night when my husband was out of town and finished the quilting on this project, the…
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We are surrounded by labels, of all kinds, every day. For many of us, labels on our clothing or the goods we purchase are that marker that divides the store-bought from…
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Bucket #3. Or #4, depending on if you count the Heather Ross bucket. So, number three or number four. You decide. This one holds all the ittiest bittiest pieces, the ones…
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Of the three larger fabric buckets, I’m pretty sure this is my favorite one. This is an older Farbenmix print I got from the same stashbuster sale where I scored the…
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I love these little fabric buckets. They have, I know, been done a dozens times over, but somehow the revelation that they’d be a perfect way to organize my scrap projects…
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You know how sometimes, it’s as though an idea is sitting in your brain, right next to another idea, and the two ideas really work together pretty much perfectly, but somehow…
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If you are in New York City, will you please, please, please drop what you’re doing and head DIRECTLY to the last day of this amazing installation? Short version of the…
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I’ve been doing a lot of sewing around here, but most of it is stuff I can’t show you–either for my current e-course (we’re up to the button-up collared shirt and…
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It’s done! Finally got some more thread and completed the quilting on the Central Park Sudoku quilt. Very spring-time appropriate, wouldn’t you say? This is the largest piece I’ve done free-motion…
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Am very excited. This box just arrived, and I can’t wait to dig in and make something lovely for our boy. For his new room, in our new house, a room…
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More than halfway through quilting the Central Park sudoku quilt, I’ve run out of thread. Super frustrating. I was really enjoying the Zen sensation of zoning out at the machine and…
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These are the samples for the “warm” and “cool” palette for Your First (Modern) Quilt, which starts at the shop tomorrow (just three spaces left!). I was up veeeeery late last…