Recently I found a Boho jelly roll in my stash and cut it up for this Road to Oklahoma quilt. Because there is so much background in the quilt I wanted to make a pieced border to add a little…
DWM: Cloud Nine
Again this weekend there wasn’t much time for sewing. After spending all of last weekend getting Jen settled into her new apartment in La Crosse, she came home this weekend to go to a friend’s wedding. She brought her adorable…
Friday Finish: Metro Waves
Have you seen the Quick Curve Ruler by Sew Kind of Wonderful? It is designed to make cutting and piecing curved blocks easier. I love curved piecing and have made a number of quilts using circle templates so this looked…
Small Joy: A Thimble that Fits
It seems like most quilters have a favorite thimble. For the past ten or twelve years this is the has been mine. It worked for my needs but then I’m not very fussy. My only requirements are that it stays…
DWM: Working with Solids
Many, many! years ago when I first started quilting I won a $100 gift certificate from my local quilt shop In Stitches in Ballwin, MO. Back then, that bought a LOT of fabric and I didn’t have much stash so…
Hands2Help: Quilts Revealed
It is time for everyone to reveal the quilts they made for this year’s Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge. Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict has been the driving force behind this challenge for several years. I can’t wait to…