Recently, I’ve seen many pictures and tutorial of granny square quilts. It seemed like a good project for a jelly roll so I started on of my own. Ten years ago I never would have thought I would use solid…
Picking Up Where I Left Off
It has been a long time since I’ve done ANY sewing. It was the summer of walking and walk we did, but now it’s time to get back to business. When my husband Jim retired in July, he had never…
DWM: Sweet and Simple
My big design wall news is that I actually (finally!) have a design wall. In all my years of quilting I’ve always made do with whatever flat surface was available…mostly the floor. I have a small piece of batting hung in…
WIP Wednesday: Island Chain
This quilt really taxed my brain. The units for this quilt are super simple and I thought it would be a piece of cake to put together but it was a struggle. After working on the layout for an hour…
Way More Work Than It Should Have Been
Did you ever have a project where it seemed that something went wrong every step of the way? Well that is this project for me. The quilt is called Porch Swing from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties. Since it uses…
DWM: Stamp Top Finished
There wasn’t a lot of time for sewing over the weekend since we made another trip down to Milwaukee but I did manage to finish the Stamp top. I decided to go with the off-white sashing since there is no…
Garden Trellis Finished
Still not much sewing going on around here but I did manage to finish the Garden Trellis quilt. The pattern is from the book Jelly Roll Quilts by Pam and Nicky Lintott and the fabric was a jelly roll from…
DWM: April Showers
While digging through some fabric the other day I came across a jelly roll from the April Showers line by Bonne and Camille. I’m a big fan of their fabric so I opened up the jelly roll and immediately got…
Friday Finish: Road to Oklahoma
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…