The last quarter of 2023 got away from me. After our trip to Ireland in late September, things just snowballed and my productivity fell. I was still working and quilting but never really got back into the groove. I am…
November Stash User Challenge
Each month I like to give a little stash user challenge to inspire you to make some progress on using your stash or finishing a UFO. For many of us, the days leading up to the November and December holidays…
October Challenge Update
Did you try something new in October? The challenge was to try a new technique, ruler, use a color palette that you don’t typically use, or anything else new to you. I tried making clamshells. One of my quilty friends…
Friday Finish: Granny Patch
I am so excited to share this quilt with you. It is Granny Patch by Lo and Behold Stitchery. I saw an Instagram post with this quilt and fell in love with its simplicity and scrappiness. I know you’re…
August Challenge: Disappearing Nine Patch
On August 1, which seems like ages ago, I announced charm squares as the monthly stash buster challenge. At the time, I had no plan but knew whatever I made had to come together quickly. It was Disappearing Nine Patch…
Friday Finish: Barbed Wire
Just one little quilt finished this week. This is the Barbed Wire quilt; a pattern from one of my all-time favorite books, Scrap-Basket Surprises by Kim Brackett. It is made entirely from homespuns, another category of fabric I am trying…
A Patriotic Finish
This red, white, and blue quilt is another project from “the basket” I have been clearing out this month. It is just a coincidence that it is a holiday quilt that qualified for the May challenge. This project was abandoned…
Monday Motivation: May Challenge
april challenge wrap-up How did you do on April’s Challenge to make something with half-square triangles? It was a struggle for me, but I managed to finish a quilt top. My original plan was to make some progress on Carpenter…
Friday Finish: Scrappy Align Quilt
Happy Friday Friends! I barely managed to finish a quilt before leaving on retreat this week. It is a scrappy version of The Align Quilt. This is actually my test quilt; the first of these I pieced. Everything in…
April Challenge: Half-Square Triangles
The “Use Fabric” Challenge for April is Half-Square Triangles. This is such a basic unit in quilting, yet many quilters struggle to find accuracy and consistency when piecing them. Next week I will start a series on various construction techniques…
Friday Finish: Nine-Patch Challenge
March challenge: nine patch Do you remember the Nine-Patch Challenge post from March 1 (click here if you missed it)? In a nutshell, I am trying to whittle down my flannel stash and wanted to add an element of fun….
Friday Finish: Three Projects
For this Friday Finish I have three projects to share with you! Number 1: Origins This is the finished quilt from the quilt along I started in January. The pattern is from Lifting Limits Quilting and is available here. I…