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“Rows Parade” Block #1 – Simple Windmill
Happy New Year! If you plan to view the Rose Parade on TV tomorrow, why not begin selecting, cutting, and sewing fabrics for your very own “Rows Parade” while you watch. We begin the 2023 free Block...
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Four Crown Royal Quilts
I have been working on completing four quilts for my friend, Kim, this week. Here’s the story behind the quilts. Knowing her father’s eightieth birthday was approaching, Kim wanted to create a special...
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“Be Mine” Table Runner
Chocolates in a heart-shaped box, fresh flowers, a Valentine card from your sweetheart . . . all that’s needed is a table runner with hearts to complete your February 14th celebration. This project is...
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“Racing in the Fast Lane” Published!
Have you seen the April/May 2023 issue of Quick + Easy Quilts? It should be in your mailbox if you subscribe, or at your favorite purveyor of quilting magazines if you have not yet subscribed. The...
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day
I’m wearing green, are you? And I’m sewing with green, too. A sweet, twenty-something, medium green print in my stash claimed my attention and suggested the perfect project – a Buffalo Plaid table...
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Annika’s “Nine Patch” Quilt
An “old” friend from Germany visited us over the Easter weekend, and she brought her family. The mom, Rebekka, is about the age of our sons; she, her sister, and parents were so welcoming when we...
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“Economy Block” on Steroids
This April/May 2021 issue of Fons and Porter’s Quick + Easy Quilts has been floating around my living room for two years and finally landed on my night stand for thumbing through, yet again, at...
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DrEAMI Project Progress
My “Drop Everything And Make It” project, “Happy Go Lucky” by Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life, is taking shape. These are the blocks I’ve constructed so far. I plan to make several more Nine...
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Born to Excel Camp 2023
Our church has a unique approach to Vacation Bible School which we call Born to Excel Camp. Adults volunteer to teach skills and hobbies to children who attend our church and to those in our...
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“Rows Parade” BOM #7 & #8 “Flying Geese”
Are you quilting along this year on our row quilt project? If so, you’ve made Simple Windmills, Hearts, Nine Patches, Plus Signs, Economy Blocks, and Framed Four Patches. If not, please join the fun!...
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Black and White and Red/Teal All Over
Happy Monday, y’all! You may remember my post of January 11, 2023 which featured a Framed Four Patch quilt sashed in red fabric. I surrounded scrappy Four Patches of four different fabrics with black...
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Krystine’s “Woven” Quilt
My granddaughter is visiting from Texas this week, and we are putting the finishing touches on her batik “Woven” quilt. Five or six years ago, she selected a store-made jelly roll of beige batiks and...
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Leftover Fish
No . . . this is not a bog post about reheating salmon or chopping tilapia for fish tacos. It’s about using fabric remnants from other aquatic projects. My friend Melinda asked me to make a baby quilt...
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The Mario Quilt
The goal of my friend, Vanessa, was to finish the Mario quilt for her grandson’s Christmas gift. The little guy has known about the project for several months and has approved the fabrics and the...
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The (Quilting) Week in Review
During the past week, my studio time has mainly centered around helping budding quilters with their projects. In the previoius blog post, I mentioned “Holiday Foliage,” a block of the month quilt my...
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Your Opinion, Please
We are nearing the end of January, and that means our target date for completing the month-long one-a-day Bow Tie challenge is looming. I was anxious to transform my blocks into a mini quilt, so I...
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“Bow Tie” QAL Wrap-Up
At the beginning of year, I challenged blog readers to make one “Bow Tie” block each day in January. The Quilt Along participants could choose a block size according to sizes of fabric on hand; I used...
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Quilting on Leap Day
Leap Day . . . is that the official name for February 29th? I was happy for the bonus of having one more day in February to work on UFOs. I finished up a baby quilt; here’s the story. Last April when...
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Checkerboard Challenge Update
Twelve of the twenty Checkerboard blocks I’ve completed are pictured above! It is gratifying to see them side-by-side on the design wall. Some of the rows are strip-pieced, but most are constructed of...
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“Sixteen Patch” Quilt Finished!
What do you do with a layer cake of red print squares and six fat quarters of indigo prints along with a couple of yards of shirting? You make a “Sixteen Patch” quilt! I admired the simple design...
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