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I’ve been working on a Dresden Plate design for the past few months, and it’s now finished!

There were two cuts of the A-B-C blocks fabric left in my nursery collection stash, and I was determined to use them to make one more crib sheet.

Unfortunately, the larger of the two was only 1½ yards (54 inches), so panels would have to be added to each end to get to a working size of 68 inches. Fortunately, the other cut was 36 inches, which meant that there was plenty of extra fabric.

The challenge was to make sure that the corner square cutouts used to create the pockets would not interfere with or be located too close ...

Here’s the quilt for the newest member of the family and part two of my previous post titled Legacy and Heirlooms.

It felt incomplete to hand down bumper pads and a crib skirt with no quilt, so I dug out the leftover nursery fabrics and scanned everything into Electric Quilt in preparation for creating a layout.

There was enough of the main print in the collection to feature prominently in the layout, although I was bothered about having to build out each fabric image to get to a 9-inch block size.

Several years ago, I made a Dresden Plate quilt, and I’ve always intended to make another one — they’re fun! I especially like Susan Cleveland’s method of making them without the center appliquéd circle.

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I saw an adorable little quilt at my LQS a few weeks ago and — of course — bought the pattern.

And it’s finished! This quilt will go to the youngest of our grandsons when he begins his pilot training. The design was originally called Metropolis II (by Heidi Pridemore), but I’ve renamed it to reflect our grandson’s interest. I quilted it in a design by Sue Heinz, called Road Trip, with one of her mandalas […]

I am so excited about the opportunity to share a blog post today on the Quilters Candy website. In that post, I present a few ways to create the illusion of curves in quilts and share a tutorial and free pattern for The Encompass Quilt.

The blocks in this quilt are small, so today I would like to offer tips for piecing narrow strips. In fact, you might find an idea that improves all of your piecing!

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Happy New Year! I've given up on any guiding words or resolutions for 2023; I decided that I didn't want to set myself up for any disappointments or failure in that arena. Instead I have set some goals, both short and long term.  With an active, growing puppy in the house, it seems right to set the biggest long term goal for this year as one that sees Augie growing into a well behaved and

Happy New Year! I've given up on any guiding words or resolutions for 2023; I decided that I didn't want to set myself up for any disappointments or failure in that arena. Instead I have set some goals, both short and long term.  With an active, growing puppy in the house, it seems right to set the biggest long term goal for this year as one that sees Augie growing into a well behaved and

Time has slipped past me while playing with our new dog and having a fun trip to the Houston show, but I have two new quilts to post here, neither of which is my usual “stuff”. First of all, while I absolutely love free-motion quilting, I’ve been wondering what it is about quilting in the […]

Have a look at my most recent finish:

If you surf the internet for quilts, you may have seen the original quilt with this design from Beech Tree Lane Handmade. It was love at first sight for me: simple but cute, this scrappy sea of 4-inch half square triangles would be easy and so satisfying to make.

This quilt turned out to be one of the most planned – and shopped for – quilts, ever. Long before this pattern came into my radar, I already had a nice collection of Aunt Grace 1930s reproduction fabrics, but things changed in 2017. After seeing ...

About a week ago, I posted the first part of a little quilt I’d begun in a class. Since that time, I’ve finished that top, as well as a second one. Unfortunately, I don’t particularly like the results, so I doubt that I’ll actually finish them. Here’s the first one, begun in class. I think […]

It’s finished! Yay! I used swirls in most of the background — and there’s a lot of background in this quilt — hoping to suggest the blowing wind. By the time I’d finished them, I was royally tired of swirls! I quilted the saguaro itself with straight-ish lines interrupted by little jagged bits to represent […]

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Wow! I hadn’t really noticed how long it’s been since I’ve written a blog post, but here we go. I made a quilt top that I’ve decided I don’t like. I have it all sandwiched and ready to quilt, but I can’t seem to get to the quilting, since I don’t like it. Maybe sometime […]