It is a gray day in Utah today. Although I am quilting a bright quilt (not ready to show yet), a part of me wants to snuggle under a quilt and read a good novel. Not cold enough to light up the fireplace, but still this is what I feel like doing now (before the kids get back from school!). So I am taking a break from quilting for a few minutes to share with you this book I saw the other day: Civil War Remembered by Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene, formerly from Country Threads. All the … [Read more...] about Civil War Quilts
quilt patterns
Scrappy Fat Quarters
I have a lot of fat quarters, many of which I purchased a long time ago and have not used because I love the fabrics and don't want to cut them! My determination to use the fabrics from my stash as much as possible before I buy new fabric is forcing me to pull those favorite pieces out and (OMG!) bring the rotary cutter next to the ruler, all along thinking "I am going to regret this!". This is probably why I have been so attracted to books with ideas for using fat quarters (see my review of … [Read more...] about Scrappy Fat Quarters
Scrappy Summer Quilt
Just finished my donation for our quilt guild auction. What do you think? The picture is not too good as I took it tonight, but it should give you an idea. It was based on a design by Jillily Studio, then I added the vine, flowers, leaves, hearts, and the scrappy border. Red and blue buttons around the vine make fun berries. It is 44.5" square. The quilting is pretty detailed, which you can see on the next picture. Between the vine and the border I quilted hearts, strung close together. Below … [Read more...] about Scrappy Summer Quilt
Slow going
Until school starts next week, it is difficult to find a couple of hours to stay in my studio to work on the projects I have going on: 1. Scrappy bed quilt (see picture of what the center will look like, not yet sewn...) 2. Table quilt for quilt guild auction - am quilting it already but decided to add more applique - due 9/5 3. Christmas row quilt - need to finish last two rows by Sept 5th 4. Double wedding ring bed runner - got more fabric and need to put additional blocks together 5. … [Read more...] about Slow going
Cool patterns
The pattern I am working on right now is from this book by Evelyn Sloppy. If you like scrappy quilts, this is the book for you (you can find it here)! The instructions are straight forward, the pictures are gorgeous... I've had this book for a while and I am glad I finally decided to work on one of the patterns I had dog-eared. I do not make many scrappy quilts, but these are really cool looking. I don't have to go farther than my library to find inspiration... … [Read more...] about Cool patterns