The work and love we put in our quilts! Those who don't quilt could say these are just words. Even when we make our own quilts, I think we are not always aware of the "work and love". We just make quilts and don't count anything. But when someone sends a quilt top to you, asking to quilt it, it is impossible not to see the huge amount of work and the love the quilter stitched on it. I don't … [Read more...]
Hand pieced!
After 10 years of aversion (or maybe just fear) for hand piecing, I learned that I enjoy not only piecing hexagons by hand, but even bigger pieces. Compared to 3/4'' hexagons, these pieces are really large. The whole piece measures about 25''. And I pieced it like hexagons: paper templates, glue (instead of basting with thread - and I loved it!). A quick project. So far... I thought … [Read more...]
Octagon in octagon
So I started with an1" octagon. The result is also an octagon. I thought to apply the same geometry and I made a bigger block. ...and bigger... ...and bigger... Then I thought it is not big enough (30") and it has too much green so I added one more triangle row (purple and pink). And I made a monster... Much bigger than I wanted... The triangles were cut out from 30'' squares. So … [Read more...]
Cut as you go!
Yes, I am making such a quilt. And I am so excited. It is the block from my "Loving Hugs" quilt.Don't look too close, isn't perfect! Maybe because it is so small! I started with 1'' finished size pieces. I have no idea how the quilt will look like...I spent all the morning playing with colors. I will see how it turns out... Just for fun:) Now to cut the next pieces... It … [Read more...]
Another kind of Grandmother’s Flower Garden
I can't believe what I am about to write: "A 200 piece English paper pieced quilt is a quick project!" Here is my latest quilt top. It's a cloudy day here and I am disappointed that I can't take better pictures. The colors are brighter than in these pictures. I enjoyed so much to make it... and I am thinking about new designs and fabric combinations. Here is … [Read more...]
Orphan Dresden Blocks
I continue to make (and collect orphan!) dresden fan blocks. I made these blocks a few weeks ago, for my green quilt. I wasn't too happy with them and I put them in a box. Some day I will try another version. The only thing I am sure about is that I want blocks that look like circles and not blocks that look like octagons. You can see in the photo below the difference between the blocks. My … [Read more...]
New Quilt Pattern
I finally finished this pattern. More information about the pattern here. The block of this quilt was the inspiration for this set of boxes. … [Read more...]
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