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How Much Difference Can a Tiny Triangle Make?
I finished a hawg this week. That’s my new term for a quilt you love and hate as you make it. It wasn’t the quilt’s fault. I think it was a difficult project because of the bias edges on hundreds of small pieces and on …Read More »
A full-on hissy fit and other random thoughts
A while back I wrote about some quilts that were in trouble with me for a post called “Quilts in the Doghouse.” I just finished piecing another top, a recent UFO (which means I started it in the past year or so), and near the …Read More »New Old Work, Part 2
Another recent finish is my Bitty Blocks row quilt. I started this years ago when I was working as an editor for Quiltmaker. We had this idea to create 3″ and 4″ blocks and post them for free on our website. There was no such …Read More »
New Old Work in the Studio, Part 1
Hey quilters, how are you holding up? I know. Me, too. Things are starting to open up here in Nebraska, and I wonder if my friends would want to head out to a quilt store this week. I am ready! I have sewn like a …Read More »
From Craftsy to Bluprint to “It Was Good While It Lasted”
Yesterday, online learning platform Bluprint, formerly Craftsy, sent an email to instructors saying the company would be closing over the next few months. This was at once surprising and completely unsurprising. When Craftsy began about 10 years ago (because a guy received a quilt from …Read More »
Quilting Adventures in a Wild Garden
I’ve been machine quilting much more than usual during this extended time at home. I’m learning a lot. I am so happy to have finished My Wild Garden recently. It’s an improvisational quilt, which is a fancy way of saying I made it up as …Read More »
Quilts in the Doghouse
I’m not going to talk about the pandemic. We’re all frustrated. So… Let’s Talk Quilts. I’ve been finishing up some things the past few weeks. I have a lot of UFOs squirreled away in closets and cupboards and it would feel great to be done …Read More »
Buy You Books and…
I’m doing a lot more machine quilting these days and boy, am I learning a lot. I’m using the HQ Capri stationary longarm with its Insight table, which provides stitch regulation and support for the quilt. In my search for ideas of what to quilt …Read More »
Quilt Candy Trunk Show Followup Part 1
Thank you to everyone who has viewed the mini trunk show from the Quilt Candy event. I really appreciate your time. I wanted to follow up with a few things and put all of the links in one place. Watch the mini trunk show with …Read More »Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show, Days 5 and 6
We’re on to more of the Quilt Candy Virtual Trunk Show. These are the links for today, Sunday April 5, and tomorrow, Monday April 6. You can watch them live on Facebook at the times listed or you may watch them anytime after the live …Read More »