mississippi mud

An Ode to Straight Lines from Quilting through Rose-colored Trifocals!

Okay, maybe this won't exactly be an "ode" but as I was quilting this Mississippi Mud over the past couple weeks, I found myself expressing gratitude to my brain for finally coming up with a good quilting strategy for this pattern.

How many of these have I made?

How many of these have I convinced other quilters to make?

How many hours have I struggled to meander quilt Mississippi Mud with consistent spacing and scale?

"Straight lines" or almost straight lines is what enabled me to quilt 21 tops in 2021!

Remember all those quilts that moved off the ...

added by Mary Huey 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under machine quilting , mississippi mud

Momentum? from Quilting through Rose-colored Trifocals!

Hello!! How are you doing?

We seem to be finally having a bit of winter here in Northeast Ohio. There is snow on the ground with more coming and it's cold enough that it's staying. All the small lakes are frozen over and Lake Erie is freezing up, too. We've even had some February sunshine -- not a typical part of winter here on the south shore of Lake Erie.

And I've been able to build up some momentum working on quilting up that pile of tops. Last week I finished this little 30's version of ...

added by Mary Huey 3 years, 10 months ago. under 8-pointed stars , machine quilting , mississippi mud

Tips for Piecing Mississippi Mud Blocks from Quilting through Rose-colored Trifocals!

"Are you in" as they say?

If you don't want to start a new quilt, give my assembly technique a try using 16 squares, any size.

(Think potholder?) If you are just going to experiment, you can skip "piecing the star points".

Let's go!!

Piecing the star points -- you will need eight star point units for the main block.

The instructions on how to piece these are at the top of page 5 in the pattern if this technique is new to you. Just do eight for now because as I piece a block, I make the star ...

added by Mary Huey 4 years, 6 months ago. under connector corners , machine piecing , mississippi mud , sew my stash

Mississippi Mud Revisited from Quilting through Rose-colored Trifocals!

If you are familiar with my first pattern, Mississippi Mud (circa 1985), this new version breaks all of my old rules about the fabric selection!

And how about that checkerboard border?!?

This design is a simplification of the traditional quilt block, Mississippi, which I found in Mary Ellen Hopkins' book, Even More Well Connected. Mary Ellen introduced her teaching seminar students to a simple-to-piece "connector corner" in the mid 1980's. It's a common technique today, but thirty-plus years ago, stitching a small square diagonally from corner-to-corner on top of a larger square to make a triangle was revolutionary ...

added by Mary Huey 4 years, 7 months ago. under connector corners , mississippi mud , scrappy quilt , sew my stash

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