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WIP Wednesday: Geese in the Forest Quilt

I'm still busy working on my long-time unfinished projects.  I really want to get them all done before starting anything new (ha-ha). I've been slowly quilting my Twiddletails "Geese in the Forest" Quilt.  I first blogged about this quilt on April 21st, 2010, so I think it's time to finish it, ... View Post

Resizing Your Scrappy Lone Star

I've had several people ask me how they can make their own Scrappy Lone Star. I've put together this chart, so you can make a variety of sizes from 16" to King-sized. The top portion of the chart is for the original Scrappy Lone Star with 9 diamonds per panel. (Tutorial is here.) I have also ... View Post

Quilting the Voile Beast

I've heard quilters complain that the quilting blog-land is all puppies and rainbows and beautifully finished quilts.  Where is the process?  Where are the mistakes?  Well, here you go.  I'm going to be pouring blood, sweat and tears over this one. I recently made this oh so soft Anna Maria ... View Post

Scrappy Lone Star Block

I've been working on getting ready for the Scrappy Lone Star class I am teaching at Sew Modern this Saturday.  I made this 1/2 scale Scrappy Lone Star as an example of how to make Lone Stars in various sizes. I started with 1.5" strips and the finished block is 20".  The Lone Star measures 18" from ... View Post

WIP Wednesday: Scrappy Hexy Quilt

I've been working on a few items that I can't show just yet, but I CAN show my Scrappy Hexy Quilt progress.  I recently watched every single episode of Downton Abbey for the first time, and it felt very fitting to do some hand-sewing at the same time. After hours of deliberation, I settled on a ... View Post