Category Archive: quilting process

Finished (quilting) Friday

This is what the quilting community is all about. Thank you so much for your encouragement! After a week of quilting this sucker and 132 lines six feet long each, the husband quilt… Continue reading →

Plugging along – WIP Wednesday 6.4.14

Still plugging along on the husband quilt. I’m doing straight-ish lines about 1/2″ apart. The quilt is 72″ square at the moment, so in an hour I can do about a foot of… Continue reading →

Step by Step

I was so super geared up to quilt this week. It’s a good thing too, because there was work to do. I think I did every quilting step except for binding in the… Continue reading →

Back

I’m back! What an amazing trip. We went to the Bahamas, where the water is my favorite shade of teal. I wrote about balance before I left, and the best part about vacation… Continue reading →

On Balance and Taking a Breather

Life has been a little crazier than usual lately. Usually, I try to balance quilt life with family life, succeeding some times more than others. But that’s what balance is, right? Slipping a… Continue reading →

Weekend sewing

This weekend I sewed up a part of a block for the Skillbuilder BOM I’m participating in at Pile O Fabric. It was so satisfying to practice precision and the blocks are adorable–… Continue reading →

Today

Sometimes a busy day in the life of a quilter doesn’t actually involve quilting itself. It’s so fun to look at beautiful pictures of colorful scraps and imagine the fabric possibilities, but today was… Continue reading →

The Aerial quilt

I love that my best souvenir from Nashville is something that I bought at home and made at home. But wrapped up in it are a whole lot of lessons and memories and… Continue reading →

What I’ve been up to

It turns out that after a retreat it takes a little time to get back to reality. And then there’s a guild meeting and a holiday. Today is my official catch up on… Continue reading →