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quilting

  • The Hardest Sewing I Have Ever Had To Do

    This is the block the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches made for October.  It’s the Greek Cross design, using the tutorial over at Fresh Lemons.  And it was so, so hard…

  • September do.Good Stitches Quilt

    September was my month to be the quilter for the Trust Circle of do.Good Stitches, and this here’s the finished product.  I think it turned out rather well! I asked for…

  • Space Still Open in Modern Quilt E-Course!

    There are still spots left in the Modern Quilt online class starting next Monday!  Read the full description here.  The e-course is primarily video instruction, along with photos, downloads, and some…

  • Nautical Quilt

    When I mentioned that this quilt was meant to be a gift, I didn’t say it was for my sister–on the off chance that she reads my blog (I’m pretty sure…

  • HST Fever

    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…

  • Animal Alphabet Quilt

    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…

  • Downtime

    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…

  • Sudoku Quilt Complete!

    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…

  • Curses! And hooray! But also: curses!

    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…

  • Warm and Cool: Completed Quilt Tops

    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…

  • The Queen's Quilt

    When we were in Honolulu recently, we stopped off for a rainy-day tour of ‘Iolani Palace, the home of the last kings and queens of Hawai’i.  We’d driven past it countless…

  • Cure For Wintry Weather (And A Sewing Buddy Update)

    This one’s from the “warm” sample for the new Your First (Modern) Quilt series we’re doing.  Maybe I’m having a little more fun than strictly necessary.  Yummy bright colors for this…

  • Far Far Away II Storytime Squares Quilt

    Project details: Huge thanks to Rae for the Storytime Squares pattern (free on her blog!).  I added another round of squares on this one to make it a full 60″ square. …

  • Showdown: Bias Tape vs Cross-Cut Binding

    My obsessive love for bias tape is widely known.  I love teaching folks how to make continuous bias tape, and I love finding new projects where I can apply it and…