Category Archives: Hawaii Quilt Guild

Weekend & Mother’s Day

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

Secret Project #4 Revealed

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

Super Secret Project #1

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

Tsunami Quilts–The End?

(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

Tsunami Quilts– And it Still Continues

(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