My Quilting Journal
Thursday, May 16, 2024
In the bag!
Monday, January 29, 2024
Ruff idea
This is a VERY rough idea on where I am going with the quilt for Sean. No reason to make it exact. It was good enough to give me the idea of size and know that I really want a white border before adding the four patch borders.
The blocks are done...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Oh dear...
I have been working on quilting but other things too. Including just regular mending. Today I saw that the Quilting Bee had fabric on sale that I have loved for a few years so instead of just ordering I thought I should know how much I really need. I turned to EQ8 and had a refresher course on how to download fabric swatches, thanks to Sunrise Quilt Studio on YouTube (Importing Fabric Swatches into EQ8 from a Fabric Website). Not what I meant to do this morning but it was a good exercise on using EQ8. Anyway this is the image.
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Back to designing
Today was spent designing on EQ8. I recreated Pat Sloan's Anniversary Block so I could make a table top quilt. Here is what I have for now, but it is a work in progress.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Prep for next four blocks, the corner blocks.
After cutting focus fabric and background fabric it is layered with the sewing guide paper, Triangles on a Roll.
Next remove paper, and then press open the seam lines and trim "dog ears".
Now to lay them out to start sewing. These four will be in the same setting, Ribbon Star Block.
Friday, January 12, 2024
Christmas Tea
I don't remember when I made this but it hasn't made it's way to the blog yet. This was done by needle turn applique.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Quilt Works
Working on four blocks for Sean's quilt. These are from Week Five of the Triangles on a Roll Quilt Along Pattern from The Fat Quarter Shop. Block names are Barn Star and Puzzle Star.
In progress Half-Square Triangles from the day before.
Taking Flight for Jocelyn Roesler These are not the real blocks, just a rough idea so I could plan the setting. The real blocks are from a B...
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I know I have done this before but my friend Nancy suggested we all make a new years resolution about the quilts we would want to do this ne...
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Thought of a cool end cap to the runner. So one more change and the top is once again finished. Off to buy fabric to bind it. FOLLOW UP, F...