My First Quilt
I want to show you the first quilt I made that started me on my quilting journey. I had just come back from my mom’s. She had remarried after my dad had passed and had decided to retire as a … Continued
Block Basics: Flying Geese – No-Waste
We’re learning a new way to do flying geese today. This one’s great because when you’re done you have a set of 4 flying geese that all you have to do is a final trim and you’re ready to go. … Continued
Choose Joy Quilt: Blocks 21-30
We’re getting closer! I finally designed the layout and Because I need to make a queen quilt, I’m going to do 6 rows by 7, with a border around the edges. Each block is 12 1/2″ square and there’s sashing … Continued
Choose Joy Quilt: Blocks 11-20
I’m still working on my Choose Joy quilt that was designed by Shannon Gilman Orr over at evabmakery.com. I love this quilt and the fever sort of it. I love how it’s a sampler quilt with all these beautiful blocks. … Continued
Choose Joy Quilt: Blocks 1-10
I’ve been wanting to change my guest bedroom in hopes that it would help me want to keep it pretty and clean. It also doubles for my craft room, which is why it’s regular “dirty”, though I like to think … Continued
Hugs and Kisses Block
What is Valentine’s Day without a few hugs and kisses??? There’s no better way to show your Valentine you love them, then by giving them a few hugs and kisses, so we’re going to add a few to our Valentine … Continued
Valentine Love: Patchwork Hearts
Confession: I am addicted to Pinterest! At the writing of this post I have 38,647 pins, in a wide variety of categories. (You can find me here!) They recently changed it up so you could divide your boards into categories, so … Continued
Valentine Love Quilt: Center
I went wandering into my favorite quilt store, that is only 1/2 a mile from my house, (JK quilts does mail order too!!!) when my mom was in town and they had the CUTEST Valentine’s Day fabric. I asked my … Continued
Heart Block: Moda Love Quilt
Moda is hosting a sew along this last month named Moda Live Quilt. I wasn’t sure I was going to sew along, until I saw Quilt Jane’s take on the quilt block. I love how she saw the heart in … Continued
Heart Block: Side Heart
Week 4 of our heart block series. This is a super cute one where the heart lies on its side. Put 4 of them in the middle, add a couple of borders, and you have a cute wall-hanging or table … Continued