Saturday, I had an adventure. It was my monthly sewing bee of the Sassy S&B Quilters. I normally hold it on Saturdays at a community center provided by the management company of the housing I live in. Since it is on Saturday, I have to pick up the keys to the room on the Friday… Continue Reading
Also known as: my guild’s annual challenge quilt. Every year, with my guild’s annual quilt show, they have a challenge. The rules vary each year. This year – the rules were: 1. Must have a 6” focus square that is appliqued and embellished.2. Must have 3 separate and distinct borders.3. The quilt can be any… Continue Reading
I can finally reveal what my Super Secret Project #1 was. I used the back-basting method of applique. It wasn’t really bad. This was my first attempt at any type of needle-turn applique. It was a block for my friend Carla’s Aloha Quilt. My bee has a tradition that when someone moves away that… Continue Reading
(pt 6) I was having a hard time coming up with block patterns, so I decided to go with a few classics: Friendship Star: Churn Dash: and finally Ohio Star… but I didn’t remember that the center block was supposed to be the same as the star points, so they are something different… and that… Continue Reading
(pt 5) I was running out of ideas for simpler blocks. Back to Pinterest. I had pinned a block that I wanted to try. It looked simple. I drafted it into EQ to get the size I needed. I made one block and discovered I could get one block out of 4” of two different… Continue Reading